Egusi Soup - Simple Way to Prepare Egusi Soup / How to Cook Nigerian Egusi Soup

Yes reader, you have being looking forward to learn how to cook egusi soup which happens to be one of the best Nigerian Soup if not the best African soup.


It might be that this soup has been keeping your L#ve outside and you now want to put a stop to it, no wahala am here to take you to the step by step guide on how to go about cooking egusi soup.

In my previus article about egusi soup, i have outlined the best ingredients for egusi soup but if you have missed out the article, there is no cause for alarm , you can still read it up through here.

Hope that you are now with the right egusi soup ingredients and you are ready to keep the groung runing. Let us move it at once .

                         How to Prepare Egusi Soup

How to cook egusi soup is not difficult am going to show you the simplest way to prepare Egusi soup.

• Empty  the red palm oil into a dry pot and set on the stove to heat. As soon as the oil melts, add the ground egusi and start frying the egusi for few minutes. If the oil is not congealed, add the egusi as soon as the oil is translucent. Mix the ground egusi with oil till every grain of egusi turns yellow.

• Immediately Start stirring the egusi on low to medium heat. Keep stir-frying for about 10 minutes.Please be careful with the time.

• Add the meat/fish stock (water from cooking the fish and meat) little by little while still stirring the egusi. So you add a bit of the stock, stir-fry for some time, add another, stir-fry and so on. When the stock is exhausted and you feel that the soup is still too thick, you can start adding hot water in the same way till you get the consistency you want. If your choice of vegetable is bitter leaf that is onugbu , add it at this moment.

• Cover the pot and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring at intervals. Also, top up the water when necessary. If you don't stir it, it will burn. It takes 30 minutes to cook egusi properly else the soup will not taste nice to someone with authentic Nigerian taste buds. Also, egusi that is not cooked long enough may cause upset stomach. The egusi is done when you notice that the oil has separated from the mix.

• Once you are happy that it is done, add the ground crayfish and pepper. Stir and add the Nigerian pumpkin leaves or spinach (alternative) if it this leave that is of your choice..

• Stir very well and add the cooked stockfish and meat.

• Add salt if necessary. If it is too thick, add some water to bring it to a consistency that you desire.
• You can now serve your egusi soup with the swallow of your choice.