Tomato Egusi/Melon Stew Soup in Nigeria.
UPDATED TOMATOES EGUSI SOUP RECIPE: Tomato Egusi/Melon Stew Soup in Nigeria
How to cook egusi soup with egusi balls (lumps)
- By pounding the ground egusi with some warm water, salt, chopped onion and fresh red pepper. Once the mortar becomes oily with the pounded stuff, then its ready to go into the pot of soup. Cut tiny lumps and drop in your boiling pot of soup, cover and allow to boil for at least 5 minutes before gently stirring.
- Mix ground melon with water, some Salt, pour into a pot of hot oil and fry till lumps are formed. Empty the fried lumpy melon into the pot of soup and continue cooking.
METHOD 3 and my least favourite: Tomato Egusi/Melon Stew Soup in Nigeria
- Mix ground egusi with a little water, continue to mash and mould or pound until it forms like a dough, with your fingers, mould little lumps and keep in the freezer for a few minutes until they get cold and kind of non sticky.
- When lumps begin to feel different from when you just put them in the freezer, bring out and add to the boiling pot of stock.
- NB: If you are adding the lumps to ogbono soup, make sure the ogbono doesn’t soften and disintergrate your lumps. I use ogbono as a softener sometimes.
 |
| Frying egusi in oil before adding to soup pot |
 |
| Stirring to prevent it sticking or getting burnt |
| Fried egusi is added to the boiling pot of beef stock, stock fish and crayfish |
.jpg) |
| Frying gave the egusi tiny lumps |
 |
| Adding a little tomato to the stew. This tomato contains tatashe, onion and pepper all ground together |
If you know a different method of cooking tomatoes in melon soup or stew please share.
This can be cooked with any of the many egusi soup recipes on wives connection blog.
RELATED TOPICS
- How to make egg stew for rice
- Nigerian white soup with egusi lumps
- How to make Nigerian spaghetti saucesauce
- How do I overcome food addiction?
- Recipe for okra soup with tomatoes
Egusi soup is getting more and more famous in Nigeria as it joins the league of most sought after Nigerian soups at events. Parties like Nigwrian house warming, new car launching, birthday parties, Nigerian weddings and even Nigerian child naming ceremonies.
Growing up, if you are one of those who didn’t like egusi soup, I bet you now have made a U-turn.
The soup is so easy to make, you don’t need to be African or Nigerian to get it right with even a few ingredients.
I love the fact that cooking this tomatoes egusi soup is like killing two birds with one stone. One day, the soup is served with swallows. Another day it is served qith boiled rice, boiled yam or plantain.
Another amazing thing about rhis soup is the fact that it isn’t selective with oils. Both the vegetable oil and palm oil versions are very delicious.
When it comes to the type of meat to use. This tomatoes egusi soup accepts any protein. It goes well with even sea foods.
There are times we cooked with chicken, then we cooked with goat meat, beef and even bush meats back then.
If all you have to use as proteins is crayfish, I bet you the soup will still be tasty. Justbrwmwmber not to make the quantity large there are ingredients to match the quantity of water to be used.
This is Nice, i av never add tomatoes just other pepper and I pour the stock meat fish n crayfish into d fried egusi. Will definitely try this method. Thanks and keep up the good work
This is how my grandma taught me,1. Cook ur meat and fish with all the ingredent as in normal stew.2. Pour either Red or grandnut oil in another dry pot and hit 3.add onion and leave to brown then add ur tomato and fry till the sow teaste is off 4. Add ur egusi to the tomato and continue frying till the egusi mix well with the tomato,add ur granded crayfish to it 5. Pour ur meat water to the tomato and egusi pot and stir,teast for salt and maggi.6 a little cent leaf(nchuawu)makes the teast sweet.
You are right, frying the egusi gives it that lumpy look. Adding a bit of bitter leaf give it a perfect look plus a better/sweet taste.
Aunty Eya u do well o. So u can stil manage to cook, u are indeed a strong woman. Hope u won't pound yam join o. Lol
@anonymous what ur granny thought u was right,that how I prepare mine nd it comes of perfect
For super sized lumps, you can pound and mould your egusi, then boil. I love this post o! N egusi soup as well 🙂
http://www.thatssewnaija.blogspot.com
Best served with boiled yam. Hmmmm
Strolling to wuse market to buy egusi and waterleaf.
Another way u can do it, you add the tomatoes to the egusi and fry both together then add to your boiling pot on the cooker. It makes the egusi soup more attractive
yummy. I mix my grounded egusi with blended onion to form thick paste. Then i scoop it ln little quantities to d fryn tomatoes/ pepper sauce to boil 4 abt 15 to 20 mins stirng, b4 add d precookd beef stock.
Never tried tomato with egusi….its nice and attractive
This is nice
Eya been a while o!
Check me out on http://trendysturvsblog.com
this is how i prepare my egusi i boil my meat,stockfish 2gher later add ponmo,add pepper(tomato,tatashe and plenty onions)then mix my egusi with raw egg mix it very well mould and drop it bit by bit into the boiling soup,add bitterleaf and palm oil cover to boil b4 you stir.that's my lumpy egusi soup
this is how i prepare my egusi i boil my meat,stockfish 2gher later add ponmo,add pepper(tomato,tatashe and plenty onions)then mix my egusi with raw egg mix it very well mould and drop it bit by bit into the boiling soup,add bitterleaf and palm oil cover to boil b4 you stir.that's my lumpy egusi soup
You can also use blended and boiled tomato fruits for this soup, add the way aunty eya just did. I add more tomatoes than this to my egusi soup and it tastes delicious.
Please am having problems subscribing to your newsletter. maybe the problem is from my pc.
wanna eat this egusi soup right through my screen.!!! Egusi soup recipe…most especially the clear step by step used just like the site Egusisoup.com