Egusi soup | Efo Elegusi Recipes 

Perfectly cooked, well garnished with melon seed & assorted meat, nutrient-packed and deliciously yummieliciouz Nigerian vegetable soup! Perfect for every occasion.

Serves 8-10                   Cooks in 45 mins (+ prep)                   Difficulty: relatively easy with this video

Ingredients
 

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4 tbsp (unmelted) palm oil or equivalent

Blended pepper sauce (3 red bell peppers, 2 scotch bonnets & 1 small sized onion)

2 stock cubes (Knorr)

1 tsp curry powder (optinal)

1 tsp mixed herbs (optinal)

1 tsp locust beans (iru)

1/4 liquid stock (Assorted meat liquid stock)

Assorted meat (stripe, cow foot, beef, imu ero)

Some stock fish (panla) softened in hot water

Pinch sea salt

Some diced onions

100g Melon seeds (egusi)

Chunks of smoked mackerel
200g kale (optional)

600g spinach

 

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Method
(watch the video above from start to finish for step-by-step preparation)


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Buy these ingredients from any UK supermarket, african shop or local market

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10