Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, egusi soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Egusi soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Egusi soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. Egusi Soup - Today I'm going to be showing you how to make Egusi soup since I made my last egg this would be a lot of you have been asking me to make. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Take Meat
- Prepare Dry fish
- Make ready Crayfish
- Prepare Pepper
- Get Knor
- Take Onions
- Make ready Ugu
- Get Red oil
- Make ready Salt
- Take Okpei
Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. Any combination of crab, shrimp and smoked fish can be used in place of. Egusi soup is a culinary soup prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient.
Steps to make Egusi soup:
- Wash and steam meat and dry fish together.
- Blend pepper, crayfish, and okpie together set aside.
- Mix the blended melon (egusi) and chopped onion with a little water, and fry in heat red oil till it changed color, stir continuously so it wouldn't get burnt.
- Turn the fried egusi to the meat stock water and continue cooking,
- Add your blended pepper, crayfish okpie, knor, and salt allow to cook for 5mins.
- Add vegetable
Any combination of crab, shrimp and smoked fish can be used in place of. Egusi soup is a culinary soup prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient. Egusi seeds are the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous (squash, melon, gourd) plants. Egusi soup is common and prevalent across Central Africa, and may be served atop rice. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach.
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