Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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.
Egusi soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Egusi soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have egusi soup using 7 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Prepare 1 medium sized Stockfish
- Get 2 cups Egusi
- Make ready 1 cup Palmoil
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready 3 cubes Seasoning
- Prepare 1/4 cup Crayfish
- Make ready 4 Pepper
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:
- Season the stockfish with salt and onion boil to be tender.pour in water and palmoil and cover and boil for sometime then blend in the egusi.
- Onces the egusi is boiling very well add crayfish,pepper,salt after 10minutes add seasoning stir and allow to boil a bit.chop the vegetable rinse and pour in the soup stir and dont over cook the 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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