Steps to Make Perfect Egusi (melon soup) and semovita

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, egusi (melon soup) and semovita. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Egusi (melon soup) and semovita is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Egusi (melon soup) and semovita is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Recipe: Melon Dried catfish Stock fish Crayfish Palm oil Pepper Onions Bitter leaf Ugu leaf Seasoning cube And salt to taste. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. It is a staple in most West African home and it is an uncomplicated one pot meal that is often accompanied with swallows like Eba, Amala, Semovita, Pounded yam, Fufu, and the likes. Some hardcore like I am will even serve over Rice.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have egusi (melon soup) and semovita using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Egusi (melon soup) and semovita:

1. Get Egusi (melon seeds) grinded
2. Make ready Beef
3. Take Fresh pepper (blended)
4. Prepare Onions (chopped)
5. Get Palm oil
6. Make ready cubes Seasoning
7. Prepare Salt
8. Make ready Crayfish (grinded)
9. Prepare Dried fish
10. Take Stock fish
11. Take Pumpkin leaves (ugu) sliced

The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds , is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways. It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo. Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa. The soup is thickened with ground melon, gourd, or squash seeds.

Instructions to make Egusi (melon soup) and semovita:

1. Boil the beef with seasoning/ salt until soft and tender.
2. In separate pot, wash and boil the dried fish, stock fish with seasoning, add the fresh pepper. Cover and allow to boil.
3. Add the beef with the dried fish and stock fish, add palm oil, cover and allow to boil until the palm oil blends in.
4. In a bowl, pour the grinded melon seeds, cut some onions and mix together to form a thick paste.
5. Use a spoon, cut the egusi mixture into small portion and add to the pot, do not stir after putting, cover and allow to dissolve. After 10-15mins, if the egusi has dissolved, add the crayfish and washed pumpkin leaves. Stir together. Taste for seasoning, add if necessary.
6. Your Egusi soup is ready to be eaten with any swallow of your choice. Enjoy!!!

Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa. The soup is thickened with ground melon, gourd, or squash seeds. Look for the seeds in African or International grocery stores. Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores. Melon seed (egusi) is a popular food crop in Nigeria and other African countries that comes with lots of health benefits which are vital for children, young and Melon seed is popularly or locally called Egusi, and is fortied with essential minerals and vitamins which promotes eye vision, improves the skin and.

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