Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, egusi soup with semo. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Egusi soup with semo is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Egusi soup with semo is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook egusi soup with semo using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup with semo:
- Make ready Egusi
- Take Dry fish
- Make ready leaves Water
- Make ready leaves Ugwu (Pumpkin)
- Prepare leaves Ozuza
- Prepare Head Stockfish
- Make ready Stockfish body
- Prepare Meat
- Make ready Crayfish
- Take Maggi
- Prepare Pepper
- Take Red oil
- Make ready Salt
- Get Tomatoes
- Get Tatashe
- Make ready Shonmbo
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Steps to make Egusi soup with semo:
- Boil ur meat with onions, pepper, salt, maggi n keep
- Pour ur egusi inside a bowl, slice small small n add, add a little salt, add a pinch of maggi, the add small water n stir, it will turn to a thick paste, u put ur frying pan on the fire, add red oil, when the oil is hot, u start putting the egusi paste into the oil n turn, keep adding the paste until it finished from the bowl, the keep frying it until it becomes lighter in ur hand, then u know its done, u bring it down n keep
- Then wash ur fresh tomatoes, tatashe, shonmbo, blend it n keep
- Pick water leaves, pumpkin leaves n ozuza leaves, wash it very well, slice them n keep.
- Put ur pot on fire, when it dry, put small red oil, when d oil is hot, add small onions, then pour the blended tomato paste, cover it small, then add water leaves n stockfish head n cover it
- When the water leaves is cooked, then u add ur meat n stock water, add ur stockfish body n dry fish, add crayfish, maggi n cover it
- After some minutes, u open n add ur ozuza leaves n add the fried egusi n cover it like 2minutes because the egusi is already fried. Then add ur ugwu (pumpkin) leaves n cover it for another 2minutes.
- Open n stir it, taste n ur egusi soup is done
- Serve with semi or pounded yam
This soup is native to West Africa (Nigeria) and many of my American as well as Nigerian friends have enjoyed it. It is a great soup for those who like to try something different Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. Here is an authentic Egusi soup recipe for your enjoyment. See a step by step guid on how to prepare this top west African dish.
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