Egusi soup
Egusi soup, from above
Non vegNigeria

Egusi soup

Ground melon seeds simmered in palm oil with greens and meat. Rich, nutty and made for fufu.

70 minTime
37 gProtein each
mediumSpice
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Grandma's wayEgusi, palm oil, greens, meat and dried fish.
The original
449kcalsame
37 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
70minutessame

Classic egusi soup.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Melon seeds (melon seeds, peeled)1 cup egusi seeds, ground (magaz works)
Red palm oil4 tbsp
Beef500 g, cubed
Dried salted fish1 piece smoked or dried fish, flaked
Ground dried crayfish (ground dried shrimp)2 tbsp
Spinach1 large bunch, chopped (ugu or bitterleaf traditionally)
Onion1 large, chopped
Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1, blended
Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1, blended
Stock cube (bouillon cube)1 cube
Water3 cups
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Boil the beef with half the onion, the stock cube and salt until tender. Keep the stock.
  2. 2Mix ground egusi with a little water and the rest of the onion into a thick paste.
  3. 3Heat palm oil gently, add the blended pepper and fry 5 minutes. Drop in small lumps of egusi paste and leave undisturbed.
  4. 4Add the meat, its stock, fish and crayfish. Simmer 15 minutes, stirring gently.
  5. 5Stir in the spinach and cook 3 minutes. Adjust salt.
Serve it like this

Ladle into a deep bowl with pieces of meat and fish on top. Serve with a smooth ball of fufu or pounded yam on the side.

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What goes with Egusi soup: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Fufu50 min
On the side Pounded yam50 min
On the side Eba10 min
To drink Zobo40 min
Something sweet Malai kulfi60 min
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