06/11/2025
HOW TO COOK EGUSI SOUP 👇
Ingredients:
• Egusi seeds (melon seeds)
• Ugu leaves (fluted pumpkin)
• Uziza leaves
• Goat meat
• Stock fish
• Dried catfish
• Crayfish
• Ponmo (cow skin)
• Red bell peppers
• Cayenne peppers
• Scotch bonnet peppers
• Onions
• Palm oil
• Locust beans (iru)
• Meat stock
• Seasoning cubes or powder
• Salt
1. Wash the egusi seeds thoroughly. Add them to a blender with chopped onions and a bit of water. Blend until smooth.
2. In a clean pot, heat up palm oil. Add the blended egusi paste and stir continuously until it thickens and begins to fry.
3. Wash the red bell peppers, cayenne peppers, scotch bonnet peppers, and onions. Blend them together until smooth.
4. Pour the blended pepper mix into the fried egusi. Add washed stock fish, ponmo, locust beans, seasoning, salt, and the meat stock. Stir and cover. Allow it to cook for several minutes to blend the flavors.
5. Add the precooked goat meat, dried catfish, and crayfish. Stir thoroughly to combine, then cover and let it cook until everything is well incorporated and tender.
6. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Add washed ugu and uziza leaves, then stir gently to mix them in.
7. Allow the soup to simmer for a few more minutes to let the vegetables soften and absorb the flavors.
8. Your Egusi Soup is ready! Serve hot with any swallow of your choice, pounded yam, eba, semovita, or fufu.