Recipe: Delicious Egusi soup with vegetable

Egusi soup with vegetable. Learn to cook Egusi stew in minutes. Various Egusi soups are favorites in Western Africa. The soup is thickened with flour ground from seeds of a species of.

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. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with. You can have Egusi soup with vegetable using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi soup with vegetable

1. It's 2 cups of egusi.
2. You need 1/2 teaspoon of Achi.
3. You need of Sliced Vegetable(ugu).
4. You need 2 of cksp Crayfish.
5. You need 4 of fresh Pepper.
6. Prepare 2 of Knorr seasoning.
7. Prepare leaf of Uziza.
8. Prepare 1/4 kg of Meat.
9. Prepare 2 of Dry fish.
10. Prepare 1 of Onion.
11. It's of Salt.

I cook Egusi soup with two different methods depending on what result I am aiming for. Once in a while, I make Egusi soup without adding vegetables. My grandma prepared it like this many many times. I especially enjoy it with boiled rice, boiled yam and even fried plantains.

Egusi soup with vegetable instructions

1. Wash vegetable with enough water and salt..
2. Slice the vegetable nicely with a sharp knife..
3. Use warm water and salt to wash the dry fish..
4. Boil meat and dryfish with onion,meat and salt.boil till the meat softens..
5. Heat up pot and pour in palmoil.bleach for 2minutes and pour in the egusi..
6. Fry for at least 3-5minutes..
7. Pour in the meat with stock.add more water enough for the soup and boil..
8. Sprinkle ago and boil,the soup will be thick after at least 5minutes..
9. Allow it to boil very well and add pepper,Maggi,crayfish and salt..
10. Boil very well again add uziza leaf.boil for another 2minutes..
11. Pour in the ugu.stir and put off the heat.serve with garri,fufu or poundo yam..

Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. The spinach can be replaced by any type of green leafy vegetable we especially liked this soup using shredded cabbage. This is a special Egusi Soup for those who do not like Egusi Soup prepared the usual way. If Egusi Soup is not your favourite soup for one reason or the other, click on the title to start liking Egusi Soup.