Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, egusi soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. 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 well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Egusi soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Get Grinded egusi
- Prepare head Stockfish
- Get Pepper
- Make ready Crayfish
- Make ready Salt
- Make ready Royco seasoning
- Prepare Pepper
- Prepare Onion
- Take Bitterleaf
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:
- Soak and rewash the bitterleaf add salt.rinse till is good to your taste.boil the stock fish head and meat adding seasoning,salt,onion.
- Bleach the palmoil then pour in the stockfish and meat(boiled) continue boiling.dissove the grinded egusi in a bowl of water dissolve till no lumps is found pour and keep boiling for 15minutes uncovered.
- Add salt,crayfish,pepper,royco seasoning after ten minutes put in the bitterleaf simmer small and soup is done.
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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