Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, melon (egusi) soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Egusi soup is a very popular and a much loved dish in most all of West Africa. Finding new ingredients is just one of the joys of this culinary journey around the world. Egusi is a seed that comes from a inedible gourd that looks similar to a watermelon.
Melon (Egusi) Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Melon (Egusi) Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have melon (egusi) soup using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Melon (Egusi) Soup:
- Prepare 4 cups melon (as desired) blended smooothly
- Take 1 medium size Onion blended to a smooth paste with water
- Prepare Meats of your choice
- Make ready Stock fish
- Prepare Ponmo
- Prepare Locust bean
- Get Dry Catfish
- Get Meat stock
- Make ready cubes Seasoning
- Take Salt
- Make ready Fresh bonnet peppers blended
- Prepare Palm oil
- Make ready Crayfish blended with the melon
- Get pumpkin leafs sliced
Melon popularly known as Egusi in Nigeria is mostly grown for consumption in Nigeria. They are usually ground and used for preparing assorted dishes such as egusi soup and stew. Egusi seeds: Egusi (melon seeds) are usually sold in African stores. Meat: African soups are mostly cooked with an assortment of meat like beef, goat meat, cow feet, or tripe (shaki).
Instructions to make Melon (Egusi) Soup:
- Wash the meats and everything needed thoroughly. Cook the meat with the ponmo and stockfish together with seasoning cubes and salt. Drop from heat and sieve the stock. Set aside.
- Wash the dry Catfish thoroughly with warm water and set aside. - I used chicken for this melon soup and fried it lightly. I like my meats lightly fried for some soups.. The choice is yours
- Blend the pepper with water separately from the melon. - Pour the blended melon, crayfish in a bowl and add the blended onions. - Mix to combine and form a thick paste.
- Put the pot for the soup on fire. Add palm oil, the blended fresh peppers, - Allow to boil for like 2 minutes.
- Use your washed hands or spoon to cut lumps of the mixed melon into the boiling pepper Mix. Don't stir. Allow to fry for like 3minutes. Before stirring gently.
- Add the meat stock and locust bean. - If the meat water(stock) added is not enough to cook the soup, please add ordinary water. Gauge with your eyes. - - Allow to boil for some minutes until it molds. Then add your meat, fish, ponmo and other available fish..
- Stir gently, taste for seasoning cubes and salt. Add the pumpkin leafs and drop from heat.
For this recipe, I use goat meat and cow feet but you can really add any type of meat you want to. Nigerian Egusi Soup is made thick using ground melon seeds and leafy vegetables. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by many Nigerian tribes. The people eat it with dishes like Pounded Yam. You can prepare egusi soup with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish!
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