Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Egusi soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Egusi soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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 get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Take Ugu
- Take Egusi
- Make ready Salt
- Make ready Red oil
- Make ready cubes Seasoning
- Take Uziza seeds
- Make ready Crayfish
- Take Pepper
- Take Meat
- Get Stockfish(apama)
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.
Instructions to make Egusi soup:
- Boil the meat and stockfish,when is done add more water and redoil as is boiling blend the egusi and pour in boil untill the egusi stop tasting raw.
- Mix in crayfish,pepper,uziza seeds(grinded)seasoning cubes and salt boil for a long time and wash and cut the ugu leaves and pour in stir so well and off the heat.
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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So you see, you don’t need to stuff your face with junk food when you want to feel better! Try a few of these suggestions instead.
