Egusi soup with Ram and Chicken Broth. Egusi stew is not so well known by Westerners- unlike our other famous peanut stew or tomato stew. I make this all the time using chicken legs and thighs instead. I don't use the fish and I reduce the Ijust made egusi soup today with GREEN pumpkin seeds.
It is usually used as a thickener for meat or fish broth simmered to create an amazing dish of egusi often paired with eba, pounded yam, tuwo, banku and many others. Egusi soup is a popular West African soup. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. You can cook Egusi soup with Ram and Chicken Broth using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Egusi soup with Ram and Chicken Broth
- You need 1 1/2 c of egusi grinded.
- It's 2 of tomatoes diced.
- You need 3 of redbell pepper chopped.
- Prepare 1 of onion sliced.
- It's 1 of large garlic chopped.
- Prepare 4 of scotch bonnets chopped.
- Prepare 1 of tspn ginger powder.
- You need of Maggie,salt n knorr cubes for seasoning.
- Prepare 1/2 of tspn curry.
- You need 3 c of ogu leaves.
- You need of quarter cup g/oil.
- Prepare 1 c of water.
Nigerian EGUSI soup is one soup everybody in Nigeria loves and this recipe of EGUSI soup is a winner, any day and anytime. How To make Egusi soup In Nigeria, Learn To make this delicious Nigerian soup. This recipe shows you how to prepare Egusi soup with lumps. You could also serve Egusi Soup with garri (granules made out of cassava/yucca root).
Egusi soup with Ram and Chicken Broth step by step
- PIC 1:-In a pan fry, g/oil,garlic,tomatoes,red bell peppers,scotch bonnets n little onions.... PIC 2:-When fried, add your cooked ram meat n continue frying.... PIC 3:- Add the egusi n incorporate it well with the fried tomatoes....
- PIC 4:-Add the ram broth...PIC 5:-Add 1/2 water,stir n close to cook for good 20 minutes while stirring time to time to avoid burning n sticking of the egusi...PIC6:- add another 1/2 cup water in the middle 15minutes of cooking the egusi,close to continue cooking....
- PIC 7:- untill the egusi turned out crumpy in texture which means is cooked....PIC 8:- is another way of knowing that your egusi is well fried (floating oil on top the soup).PIC 9:- Is the amount of ogu needed for the soup.
- PIC 10:- Add in the ogu leaves n onions, incorporate it well like in PIX 11, close n allow it simmer for two minutes n remove from fire to avoid over cooking of the leaves shown in PIX 12...ENJOY.
Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can Drained, smoked oysters and chicken can be used in place of the beef. It's a very nice soup if you're entertaining a number of people. It's unique filled with all kinds of good stuff and very very very rich. Egusi soup is an appetizing soup to behold.