Hello... Today, I will like to introduce one of my favourite soups to the world... It's called Egusi. There are lots of soups i've tried, but this is really good... And I love taste other meals from other countries too... Will like to taste food from your own country... That's if you teach me... Ok! let's get into the introduction of this AWESOME soup recipe...
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 and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba.
Nigerian Egusi Soup ...Caking Method
Fried Egusi Soup
Ofe Achara with Akpuruakpu Egusi
Egusi soup is also one of the most popular soups, if not the most popular for all Nigerians and non-Nigerians that like Nigerian fufu recipes.
The recipe detailed on this page is what I call the Caking Method of cooking Egusi Soup... the Egusi Before Oil method. Other methods are:
Fried Egusi Soup: where the Egusi is fried in palm oil before other ingredients are added. I also call this one the Oil Before Egusi Method.
Akpuruakpu Egusi: where the ground egusi is molded into balls and cooked in the soup such that you will be eating the egusi balls like meat while enjoying the meal. The surrounding egusi in the soup is prepared using the caking method.
The egusi soup is ready to be served with Garri-Eba, Semolina Fufu, Amala, Cassava Fufu or Pounded Yam. Some of this names may look strange to you but they are made from food crops you know well, Eba and fufu are made from cassava crops, amala and pounded yam from yam tubers...
The taste is AWESOME!!! Especially when you get good cook like me doing the dishing... lol. Thank you so much upvotes, comments too... Will be introducing more Nigerian soups...