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Published: Oct 30, 2019 · Modified: Nov 14, 2019 by K's Cuisine · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Egusi soup

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This egusi soup recipe is for how to make egusi soup that is delicious in quick, easy steps. Pair this with your favourite swallow or rice for satisfying meal.

Egusi soup recipe. Egusi served with pounded yam

Hello people, how has you week been? mine has been eventful.

This week few days ago my daughter got her hands on my sd card which contains food pictures for the blog and patterned it with her teeth! Don't even ask me how she got her hands on it as that alone is what movies are made of..lol. The card got spoilt and that was all my food pictures gone! I was horrified and here goes my conversation with her

me: Zee, my card is spoilt! what happened to it?

Zee (with a cute, innocent smile on her face) : mummy, I used my teeth to do it like this trying to demonstrate

me: bewildered look and lost for words all I could muster was don't do it again ok? I've told you not to put foreign things in your mouth. mummy is not happy

Zee: Ok mummy. I won't do it again. Sorry mummy.

If only she realised what she had just done. Kids are oh just so innocent. Bless their hearts. oh well, will have to re do taking pictures and blogging when next I make the dishes I had planned on uploading. So for now, it's another egusi soup recipe.

EGUSI SOUP RECIPE

Truth is there are many methods of cooking egusi soup. There is Egusi Ijebu, there's lumpy egusi for those who like egusi balls and here I am giving you another method of cooking Egusi soup.

For this egusi soup recipe, you can either use the frying method or the non frying method. Here I have used the non frying method and have used 2 different types of vegetables. In future, I will blog about the frying method of cooking Ofe Egusi..for now, cook with me:

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Total time: 1 hour

Egusi soup (How to make egusi soup)

EGUSI SOUP INGREDIENTS

2 cups melon seed

3 maggi cubes ( or any stock cubes of your choice)

1 cup palmoil

3 scotch bonnet (rodo)

2 bell peppers (big tatashe)

1 red onion

400g tin plum tomatoes

1 brown onion

Assorted meat (Beef, tripe, ponmo,etc..)

Dry Shawa (optional)

Smoked dry catfish

¼ cup grounded crayfish

Locust beans - Iru

Beef stock

100g pumpkin leaves or Kale (Ugu) and 100g of spring greens

Salt

HOW TO MAKE EGUSI SOUP

DIRECTIONS

1) Wash, season and boil the beef or chicken and assorted meats.

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It's advisable you boil beef separately from offals.

2) Blend the scotch bonnet, bell pepper, plum tomato and  onion.

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The combination of pepper above is a guide only. What you need is about 650ml of blended pepper so you can combine like you would normally to get 650ml.

3) Blend the brown onion with the melon seeds to form a thick paste.

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Melon seed mixed with onion

4) Clean the smoked dry fish by soaking in hot water for few minutes and rinsing well

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5) In a pot, add palm oil, leave to heat for 2 minutes then add the blended pepper, maggi cubes and beef stock. Cover the pot and leave to cook for 10 minutes.

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6) Add smoked fish, beef, assorted meat, locust beans and crayfish. Stir together and leave to cook for another 10 minutes.

egusi soup cooking process

7) After the 10 minutes, open the pot and stir the stew. Now add the dry fish, assorted meat and locust at this stage and let it cook for another 10 minutes.

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8) Scoop in the onion/egusi paste, cover the pot and leave to cook for yet another 10 minutes

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9) Stir the soup and leave to cook for 5 minutes or till oil floats to the top.

When oil floats to the top, it's an indication that your egusi soup is well cooked.

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10)  At the end of the 5 minutes, stir and add vegetable to the soup.

I used two types of vegetables here. spring greens and Kale. You can use just one type of vegetable or more.

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11) Then add Kale or Ugu

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12) Stir in the vegetable and leave to simmer for 5 minutes.

Finally, you have Ofe egusi

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What to serve Egusi with

You can serve with rice or swallow like:

Eba

Pounded yam

Amala

or any swallow of Choice.

Egusi soup (How to make egusi soup)

Yummy two vegetable egusi soup.

egusi soup
Egusi soup recipe. Egusi served with pounded yam
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Egusi soup - How to make Egusi soup

This egusi soup recipe is for how to make egusi soup that is delicious in quick, easy steps. Pair this with your favourite swallow or rice for satisfying meal.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time45 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: African, Nigerian
Keyword: Egusi soup, egusi soup recipe, how to make egusi soup, Nigerian egusi soup
Servings: 8
Calories:
Author: K's Cuisine
Cost: £15

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups Melon seed (egusi)
  • 1 Cup Palmoil
  • 3 Scotch bonnet (rodo)
  • 2 Large Bell pepper
  • 1 Large Red Onion
  • 1 Large Brown Onion
  • Assorted meat tripe, beef, ponmo
  • Smoked fish
  • ¼ Cup Ground Crayfish
  • 2 tbsp Locust beans Optional
  • Beef Stock
  • 250g Vegetable Kale, Ugu, Spinach
  • Salt

Instructions

  • Wash, season and boil the beef or chicken and assorted meats.
  • Blend the scotch bonnet, bell pepper, plum tomato and onion.
  • Blend the brown onion with the melon seeds to form a thick paste and set aside.
  • Clean the smoked dry fish by soaking in hot water for few minutes and rinsing well.
  • In a pot, add palm oil, leave to heat for 2 minutes then add the blended pepper, maggi cubes and beef stock. Cover the pot and leave to cook for 10 minutes.
    Add smoked fish, beef, assorted meat, locust beans and crayfish. Stir together and leave to cook for another 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes, open the pot and stir the stew. 
  • Add the dry fish, assorted meat and locust at this stage and let it cook for another 10 minutes.
  • Scoop in the onion/egusi paste, cover the pot and leave to cook for yet another 10 minutes. Stir the soup and leave to cook for 5 minutes or till oil floats to the top.
  • At the end of the 5 minutes, stir and add vegetable (Kale, ugu or any vegetable of choice) to the soup. Stir in the vegetable and leave to simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Take off heat and serve

Notes

Serve with swallow of choice.

If you prefer lumpy Egusi click HERE .

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This post was first published September 2014. Republished October 2019

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  1. Btymols says

    September 05, 2014 at 12:31 am

    I am going to try this out ASAP...Sumone has to work on our tech, some new tech dat ll make us taste strait from the internet. Good job K

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  2. Bola Awe says

    September 04, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    How sweet and innocent kids can be!!! This egusi has taken me to lalaland!!! Will be using this recipe next time I cook egusi soup. Thanks for sharing

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    • K's Cuisine says

      September 04, 2014 at 3:35 pm

      You know! Sometimes I wish I can go back to being a kid and not have any worry..lol. Do let me know when you try this method. You're welcome dear????

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