A Special New Year Treat || My Egusi Soup Recipe

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The excitement of celebrating the new year with my loved ones is overwhelming, and we cooked a special African delicacy for our visitors yesterday. I made sure to take pictures of each phase and chose to share them with you.

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Egusi Soup

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Egusi soup is one of the most popular dishes in Nigeria, this is one of the favorite meal of the Yoruba tribe especially those ones from the west. To celebrate the new year we decided to prepare this special treat, my mum went to the market early in the morning to get the ingredients for this dish and I was at home cleaning and making the house ready for the visitors. She came back and we started making the dish immediately

The Ingredients

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• Egusi (melon)

• Pumpkin Leaf (Ugu leaf)

• Meat (Beef)

• Smoke Fish

• Red Pepper and Onions (Blended)

• Crayfish

• Palm Oil

• Salt and Seasoning to taste

Step 1: In a sauce pan, heat the palm oil on medium for a minute and then add the blended pepper and onions.

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Step 2: Scoop a size mold of the egusi paste mixture into the sauce. I use a turning stick to make it shapeable. Then allow to simmer for 15 – 20 minutes so the Egusi cook through..

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Step 3: Allow it to thicken by using the turning stick to stir it continuously, do this and make sure it’s thicken make sure you don’t add any water yet.

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Step 4: Now add small water, allow to cook for 5 minutes, add the smoke fish, stock fish and meat and cover to cook for 15 minutes.

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Step 5: Add the crayfish, make sure it’s a blended crayfish then add salt and seasoning to taste.

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Step 6: Add the pumpkin leaf and cover and allow to simmer for 5 minutes, turn off the heat and serve with any swallow of your choice.

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