Egusi Soup

Name: Egusi Soup
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: free
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 cups melon seeds; Pepper and Onions; Pọnmọ; Beef; Dried fish and Stock fish; Ground Crayfish; Palm oil; Seasoning and Salt; Vegetable of choice (ugwu); Beef stock

MJ01 @mj01

Hertfordshire

Melon seed- based soup

MJ01 @mj01

Hertfordshire

Melon seed- based soup

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Ingredients

1hr

free

2 cupsmelon seeds
Pepper and Onions
Pọnmọ
Beef
Dried fish and Stock fish
Ground Crayfish
Palm oil
Seasoning and Salt
Vegetable of choice (ugwu)
Beef stock

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Steps

1hr

1

Blend your melon seeds with or without water ; freshly ground egusi is better IMO
2

Blend fresh Pepper and onion roughly.
3

Wash, cut vegetables and set aside in a basket.
4

Boil your clean cut beef with stock cubes till well cooked. Add fish midway to prevent it from being overcooked.
Remove all the meat from the stock and set aside. Leave the stock and place in a different pot or plate. Or transfer stock to fresh pot.
5

Add the ground egusi to stock on fire. You may add pọnmọ if not already cooked.
6

Cover and allow cook properly till the egusi clumps together. Stir and add more water. Wait till almost dried up while stirring intermittently. Watch closely so as to prevent it from burning.
7

Add blended Pepper, palm oil, locust beans, ground crayfish and salt to taste, then cook for about 5- 8 minutes, or until you notice that palm oil and egusi have combined well.
8

Add the cooked meat and fish. If using pumpkin leaves or any other soft vegetable, add it at this time and stir the soup.