Egusi Soup Without Seasoning Cubes
Delicious egusi soup cooked without seasoning cubes, using natural flavour enhancers such as ground uziza, locust beans and crayfish.
Video
Original video: watch on YouTube
Ingredients
11 items
- Chicken
- Stockfish head
- Red and yellow chili
- Onions (diced)
- Ground uziza seed
- Ground locust beans (iru)
- Salt
- Ground crayfish
- Water
- Egusi (melon seeds) (blended)
- Palm oil
Instructions
7 steps
- Put the chicken, stockfish head, red and yellow chili and diced onions in a pot.
- Add the ground uziza seeds, ground locust beans, salt and ground crayfish. Add water, cover and cook.
- Blend the crayfish, onions and uziza seeds with water as a first batch. Blend the chili and locust beans coarsely as a second batch.
- When the chicken is almost done, add the blended egusi and the stockfish head.
- Cook the egusi thoroughly (it can upset the stomach if undercooked) before adding the pepper mix.
- Add the pepper mix (chili and locust beans) to the pot.
- Add palm oil, stir everything together and cook until finished.
Cooking tips
- Cook the egusi thoroughly; undercooked egusi can upset the stomach.