Our 6 health benefits of egusi soup. I love egusi Soup, especially when it’s cooked with that tomato taste in there. I don’t know if there is any egusi soup liker that doesn’t love it cooked with tomatoes. My taste buds just accepted it the very first time I tasted that.
Only God knows why egusi ands tomatoes blend so well when cooked together. Growing upl, I never knew that egusi and tomatoes could be cooked together. Never heard of it until I started trying foods from different restaurants around me and suddenly got stuck with Mama Iyabo after I over enjoyed her bowl of tomato egusi soup with eba. I
It ‘s been long years back but I still remember the very first time I ate egusi soup that has some tomato flavour and how I got hooked. I sometimes cod dly sent different people to buy some takeaway egusi soup only without fufu but trust those sales girls tro refuse and force swallow fufu on their soup buying customers.
They won’t share their egusi soup recipe. No problem. One day I decided to try adding tin tomatoes to my egusi soup and it was very very delicious. From then on, I started searching for different ways to add tomatoes whether fresh or canned to my egusi soups.
That’s why we have egusi soup cooked with tin tomatoes and egusi soup cooked with fresh tomatoes also called egusi stew on this blog.
Egusi seeds can be ground and made into soup with or without vegetables or cooked with tomatoes as egusi stew. with ease.
Many foodies have created different recipes for egusi but, whatever way you chose to cook your egusi soup or egusi stew. The benefits are same. Egusi as stew or soup gives us same great health benefits that help us age slowly.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF EGUSI SOUP:
- Egusi also known as citrullus colocynthis (Botanical name), improves appetite.
- It improves your skin. People with dry skin should eat more of egusi soup and egusi stew to help keep their skin soft and moist.
- Egusi has antioxidant properties that help you fight aging and age more slowly so you don’t start looking like 45 when you are actually 30.
4. Aids digestion. Feel the softness of egusi and see how soft it feels in the throat when you swallow? That’s how soft it stays even in the stomach and, haven’t you noticed that bowel movement is very easy after eating egusi soup. You go to toilet the next day with so much ease. Egusi meals digest easily without stressing your digestive system.
- Another health benefit of egusi soup is that it prevents malnutrition. Keeps you nourished. The oil in egusi seeds is also healthy and great for cooking. I look forward to sharing my egusi moi moi recipe on this blog soon.
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Promotes healthy fats. Egusi has unsaturated fats that are good for the heart. These unsaturated fats help in reducing the chances of heart diseases by checking blood cholesterols. Eat some more egusi soup please. It’s healthy.
IS EGUSI SOUP FATTENING?
No it’s not.
Learn how to cook egusi soup without oil. We also cook good egusi soup without water leaf.
You’ll love these five egusi soup recipes. Try them. I remember when tomatoes became really scarce in Nigeria last year and we had to resort to this Rescue Egusi rescue soup that came in handy.