How To Make Egusi Soup

Egusi soup is one of Nigeria popular local soup. It is prepared at large by people most especially in the south region of Nigeria. It is also made from a melon seed.

Egusi soup are easy to cook, and it's ingredients are very cheap. The ingredients includes grinded melon seed, crayfish, palm oil, meat, fish, pepper, onions, seasoning, and any other spices. It is a finger lick soup which is spicy and nutty with exotic African flavor.

Here are the listed ingredients in making Egusi Soup.

. 2 cups melon

. 1/2 cup palm oil

. Chopped pumpkin leaves

. Meat

. Pomo

. 4 tsp crayfish

. 3 tsp locust beans

. Salt to Taste

. 2 Maggi cubes

. Grated or blended pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

. Seasoning the meat and Pomo with salt, Maggi, and onions. Cook for about 15minutes.

. After 15minutes, get a washed pot for cooking for Egusi soup. Heat the pot with palm oil, slice in some onions, and fry for 1minutes. Then add locust beans to it. Fry all together, constantly mixing it till it brings out the odour of the locust beans. But before then, you should have mixed the grinded melon seed with grated, or blended onions, and water in a bowl.

You are doing this in order to avoid the Egusi from not burning when frying. Begin to add to the hot oil in small dollops. When done, add water into the bowl, rinse every part of the bowl, and pour into the pot. Do not stir. Let it boil for 2minutes.

. Add the blender pepper, meat stock, salt and Maggi. Cook for 5minutes. After 5minutes, add the meat and Pomo. Stir together, and cook for another 3minutes. Add water if necessary.

. Time up, rinse the pumpkin leaves thoroughly to wash away sand. Then sprinkle on the surface of the Egusi Soup. Mix all together. And wait for another 2 minutes.