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The above-listed ingredients will make a large pot of egusi soup, see the bottom of this page. This soup will serve a family of 4 three times. You can always refrigerate leftovers. This recipe shows you how to prepare Egusi soup with lumps, the kind you only find in posh restaurants and eateries. Aug 18, 2016 Ogiri okpei is made with locust beans. It is known as iru in Yoruba. It adds a traditional taste to Egusi Soup. Before you cook Egusi Soup. Before preparing the soup, soak the dry fish and stock fish till soft. If you are using the very tough stockfish, boil it for 20 minutes and leave in the pot with the hot water to soak for about an hour.
Egusi (also known by variations including agusi, agushi) is the name for the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous plants (squash, melon, gourd), which after being dried and ground are used as a major ingredient in West African cuisine.[1]
Jan 23, 2014 Very new recipe. My mom would FAINT if she sees you cook egusi soup like this. My mother believes that her egusi soup recipe is the one and ONLY. I make sure i cook my egusi soup when she's not home. Hi my darling sis yemmo!! Reply Delete. Grind the egusi seeds until smooth and then dissolve with lukewarm water to form a paste. Now to cook the Egusi Soup. Heat up the palm oil until hot, add diced onions and the dissolved egusi. Fry for about 20 minutes, stirring constantly until it thickens. Add the bitter leaf and a little water or the meat stock.
Authorities disagree whether the word is used more properly for the seeds of the colocynth, those of a particular large-seeded variety of the watermelon, or generically for those of any cucurbitaceous plant.[2] The characteristics and uses of all these seeds are broadly similar. Major egusi-growing nations include Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon.[2]
Species from which egusi is derived include Cucumeropsis mannii and Citrullus lanatus.[3]
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Egusi soup is a kind of soup thickened with the ground seeds and popular in West Africa, with considerable local variation.[4] Besides the seeds, water, and oil, egusi soup typically contains leaf vegetables, Palm oil, other vegetables, seasonings, and meat. Leaf vegetables typically used for egusi soup include bitterleaf, pumpkin leaf, celosia and spinach. Typical other vegetables include tomatoes and okra. Typical seasonings include chili peppers, onions, and locust beans. Also commonly used are beef, goat, fish, shrimps, or crayfish.
In Nigeria, egusi is common among the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria[citation needed], the Ibibio people and the Efik people (Calabar people) of southern Nigeria, the Hausa of northern Nigeria and the Edo people, Esan people, and Etsakọ people of the south-west of Nigeria. Yoruba people in general and quite notably the people of Ọṣun State – especially the Ijesha people – eat 'iyan and egusi', a pounded yam and egusi soup.[5]
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In Ghana, egusi is also called akatoa of agushi, and as in Nigeria is used for soup and stew,[6] and most popularly in palaver sauce.[7]
In the late 1980s, the Canadian government funded a project intended to develop a machine to help Cameroonians shell egusi seeds.[8] A machine has been developed in Nigeria to shell egusi.[9]
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A plate of pounded yam and egusi soup
Pounded yam and egusi soup served with fish
Egusi and bitter leaf soup
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- ^Rachel C. J. Massaquoi, 'Groundnut, Egusi, Palm Oil, and Other Soups', in Foods of Sierra Leone and Other West African Countries: A Cookbook, AuthorHouse, 2011, p. 36.
- ^ abNational Research Council (2006). 'Egusi'. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables. National Academies Press (155–171). p. 158.
- ^Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN9780759104655.
- ^Badiru, I. & Badiru, D. (2013). Isi Cookbook: Collection of Easy Nigerian Recipes. Bloomington: iUniverse. p. 36.
- ^'Iyan and egusi Soup', The Vegan Nigerian, 19 May 2013.
- ^'13 Nigerian Foods That Are Eaten By Ghanaians But Have Different Names'Archived 2016-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, OMGVoice.
- ^Freda Muyambo, 'Palaver Sauce Recipe', About food.
- ^'Projects in Cameroon'. Archived from the original on 2014-11-27.
- ^Shittu, S. K. & Ndrika, V. I. O. (2012). 'Development and performance tests of a melon (egusi) seed shelling machine'. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal.