Ugu Egusi Soup Recipe
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| Egusi soup also known as melon soup. |
This is how to cook ugu egusi melon soup with ugu vegetables. Egusi soup also known as melon soup in Nigeria can be
cooked plain or with vegetables. Egusi soup cooked with green vegetables is very nutritious. I can take the soup alone without foo foo or any swallow and still feel full and satisfied.
This soup cooks fast. The reason I add egusi (melon) early is to give it enough time to cook.
Sometimes, I fry the egusi in palm oil before adding to the soup. That way, the egusi becomes a bit lumpy. At other time, I add a little warm water to the egusi (melon), stir and mix or pound until oil begins to come out of the melon before dropping in tiny lumps into the pot of soup.
This egusi with vegetable soup can be served alongside Eba, Starch, semo, poundo or not too soft Amala. This soup is much, can serve up to 10.
Ingredients for cooking egusi soup with ugwu leaves
4 cups ground egusi (melon)
- 11/2 kg goat meat
- fluted pumpkin vegetables (ugu leaves)
- 1 large smoked catfish
- 1 pack stockfish
- 2 tablespoons palm oil
- seasoning cubes to taste
- salt to taste
- 1 small onion
- 2 large peppers
- 1 cup crayfish
- water
How to cook egusi soup with ugwu leaves
Cooking Steps:
- Boil washed goat meat with salt, pepper and onions for about 10 minutes.
- Next Add water if you notice pot is drying up. Add seasoning cubes Check for salt.
- Add stock fish, melon and crayfish when meat stock begins to, boil.
- Allow egusi to cook for about 8 minutes before adding palm oil and washed periwinkles, stir, check for salt, cover to boil till you are satisfied with the thickness of the soup and taste of the melon.
- Agg the ugwu vegetables, stir and leave for about 3 minutes before turning off the heat. Leave soup pot open so that the heated pot does not continue cooking your green vegetables.
- Serve with your foo foo or any swallow.
Remember that egusi vegetable soup tastes better after one day, so, cook much and save the rest.
I love this post, It reminds me of those days I was still a bachelor. I cook exactly like this, am a very good cook. But My wife doesnt and I have indirectly try to teach her but she wont take that from me. Dunno how she can learn from your tips.
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This is too much Eya, I must be your guest one day, lol… I love this recipe
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Great advice, my hubby cooks better than me though!
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aunty alwaysonpoint Eya, tank u so much for dis post, I'm sure d life of my egusi soup wil change cus its bn notin bt terrible **wink** keep up d good work dear.
aunty alwaysonpoint Eya, tank u so much for dis post, I'm sure d life of my egusi soup wil change cus its bn notin bt terrible **wink** keep up d good work dear.
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D spelling is "Ugu" and not "Ugwu". Dey both hv diff meanings, "Ugwu" is a name in Igbo n most Enugu pple use it as der surname while "Ugu" is a vegetable I.e fluted pumpkin. Nice dish though, kip up d gud work.
For me, this soup looks too watery sha, but i guess some people like their Egusi soup watery like this.
Thank you Sunday.
Hahaha! I'd feel honored to have you as my guest, Myne.
Thanks Anonymous.
Oh, I see. Ugu, issorait thank you Anonymous.
When soup is too thick, I can't swallow with ease. My soup has to have some sauce in it for easy swallowing of my foo foo.
Iv always bn taught this is d only way 2 cook Egusi soup. That's wif ugu.
I'm curious at 2 wat other leaf ppl use if dis is der 1st time knowing abt d use of ugu!
Or do ppl cook it wifout any leaf?
If not, wat other leaf?
I don't mind trying wateva method meself!
P.s…I'm inlove wif Eya (plenty Homo)…
I have bn bookmarking till my finger falls off! Lol
Billie jean
U are welcome.
@Billy,u can cook egusi with bitter leaf,or green or even waterleaf!
Aunty Eya would tell u others these are the ones common dou.
Aunty Eya,I had to go out for lunch immediately I opened ur page dis afternun!and ofcourse this is what I ordered for!…TAnx for making mi suddenly hungry!
But I noticed u didn't fry the egusi as u said in the write up?did u just pour it like that and is it to produce a different output?
Pls aunty Eya, can u make a food menu for my 17months old baby? I want him to get all d nutrients he needs as a growin child but don't know hw to go abt it,tenks in advance.
Nice one aunty Ojay,almost same method I use in cooking na own egusi. But I prefer mine thick and with enof crayfish.
Plz aunty Ojay for how long,I mean d actual duration u can leave d egusi on fire before adding other ingredients,coz dats d part dat confuses me. Above u said 8mins but I doubt if its owk for d egusi itself to be done,coz if its not done it causes purging.
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Aunty Ojah nice one, I am learning well from ur blog. Btwn
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I'm soooooooo making this soup tomorrow! It's my favourite.
You are right Bonario, Between 8 and 15 minutes should be OK naa.
Pls kindly give that baby everything you eat apart from too much pepper. Make draw soups with soft swallow and watch your baby perform wonders with the food.
Yay! another of my fav! Haba! dem send you come Eya! 😀
I like bitter-leaf with it aslo, to give it that bitter-sweet flavour 😀
Hope you enjoyed your lunch. Sometimes I fry to get a different flavour and for tiny egusi lumps. I poured this one into the stock without frying.
@Billy, there is a post on Egusi with bitter on this blog. You can use any vegetable you like even hot leaf (uziza).
Hi Eya,
Have you got your cookery book published yet? Nice to pop over again. I have been trying to be on some sort of a diet, don't mind so much in Winter as I can cover up all my bulges. I like your sense of humour Eya, you remind me of someone I knew in the last town I lived in, you could almost be sisters in lots of ways.
Ok. Tenks a lot for d tip,I will do just dat. M sooo givin him d draw soup n swallow n I hope he likes its n performs wonders lyk u said oooo n oda foods too. Tenx once more.
I am loving those periwinkles o! Preparing this tomorrow. Thanks Eya, Great work!
I just made this. But I fried my egusi sha,and I used beef. Thanks Aunty Eya for another yummy post. Well done!
OK, bon apetit!
Maybe na Baba God send me o.
Aunt Eya, anything am checking this blog, I go hungry.. This meal is tantalizing but I don't know Ђơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡ω 2 pound yam Ɣ am from Ondo state. Any other way apart from poundo yam cos I hate that 1, it doesn't taste like †ђξ real pounded yam.
I need 2 visit Ɣ☺ΰя home during my next leave. Nice job ma'am
Ma… I do not know how to make the one u fry the egusi with hot oil to make it lumpy. Can u please teach how to do it using the frying method. Thanks. 🙂
Hi Brenda, good to see you again. Lol @you not minding a little more @winter. For the cookery book,, I am thinking of gathering more recipes before the book thingy.
How about you Brenda? Are you done with your book?
Hi Trendy Sturvs, how did your cooking go?
Thanks too Nenye.
Thanks. Omotayo.
Ok Kayinsoola, mix the ground egusi with a little water before frying in hot oil. While frying the water begins to dry up and form lumps in the egusi.
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