Recipe of Super Quick Homemade White Egusi Soup Cooking Basics for Newbies

Egusi Soup is a soup made with a white kind of pumpkin seeds (obtainable from African stores or Amazon.com). Ground egusi (or pumpkin seeds) is the main ingredient. Other ingredients include red palm oil, African crayfish, meats and fish, seasoning, hot pepper and some form of leafy greens. This soup is native to West Africa (Nigeria) and many of my American as well as Nigerian friends have enjoyed it.

White Egusi Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. White Egusi Soup is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook white egusi soup using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make White Egusi Soup:

1. Make ready 500 g goat meat
2. Prepare 4 medium sized smoked fish
3. Take 1 cup egusi seeds
4. Make ready 2 tablespoon ground crayfish
5. Get 2 scotch bonnets
6. Make ready teaspoon cayenne pepper
7. Make ready 2 stock cubes
8. Make ready 8 pieces uziza leaves or spinach, shredded
9. Make ready teaspoon ground Uziza seed
10. Make ready Pepper soup spices (Uda, African nutmeg), blended
11. Prepare Salt to taste

This soup originated from the South South Geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It's very easy to cook, serve and enjoy with fufu especially pounded yam. Because of its spicy nature, new moms are encouraged to take lots of this soup the first few weeks after delivery. Egusi pepper soup is one of the easiest soups you get to enjoy with pounded yam or fufu; it is usually prepared very light like Ofe Nsala (white soup), unlike the popular Nigerian Egusi Soup that is cooked with lots of ingredients and has a thicker consistency.

Instructions to make White Egusi Soup:

1. Rinse goat meat into a pot, season with pepper, onions and one stock cube, add water and place on heat to cook.
2. While the meat is boiling, bring egusi seeds in a pan and stir-fry for 3 minutes until they turn golden.
3. Add the egusi into a blender and blend into a smooth powder, then set aside. Dress the smoked fish, shred Uziza leavesand set all aside for later use.
4. After the meat has cooked for 20minutes, add the blended pepper soup spices, the smoked fish, more pepper and allow to cook properly.
5. Once the meat is tender, add the ground crayfish, ground egusi and stir, taste for seasoning and adjust to your taste. You can add more water if the initial has reduced.
6. Cook the soup for 10 minutes until it starts to thicken, but not really thick, add the shredded uziza leaves and stir to incorporate.
7. Leave the soup to simmer for 3 minutes. Egusi pepper soup is ready once all the ingredients are well incorporated and you have a light consistency like Ofe Nsala.
8. Serve egusi pepper soup with Pounded yam or with your preferred swallow.

Because of its spicy nature, new moms are encouraged to take lots of this soup the first few weeks after delivery. Egusi pepper soup is one of the easiest soups you get to enjoy with pounded yam or fufu; it is usually prepared very light like Ofe Nsala (white soup), unlike the popular Nigerian Egusi Soup that is cooked with lots of ingredients and has a thicker consistency. How to cook egusi soup in simple steps Add ground melon to a bowl, add about a cup of water and mix to form a paste then set aside. Wash and chop the spinach, drain in a colander and set aside. The soup made from egusi seed is quite popular all over Nigeria.

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