# Egusi Soup

A delicious and flavorful Egusi soup recipe that can be prepared with either goat meat or beef.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: Other
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 kg Goat meat or beef
- 1 kg beef
- 2 cups water
- 0.5 kg shaki and kpomo
- 2 Knorr beef cube
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 small handful chopped onion
- 1 Smoked fish
- 3 cups Egusi
- 0.25 cup water
- 0.5 cup palm oil
- 1 handful chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons iru
- 2 tablespoons crayfish
- 2 medium bell pepper
- 4 scotch bonnet pepper
- 1 handful chopped uziza
- 1 handful chopped green leaves
- 500 g African yam
- 3 cups water

## Instructions

1. Boil goat meat and beef with onions, salt and knorr seasoning cube for 5 minutes
2. In a separate pot, boil shaki and kpomo with onions, salt and knorr seasoning cube for 45 minutes
3. Add hot water to smoked fish, cover and let it steam for 2 minutes
4. Debone and clean the smoked fish
5. Blend egusi in a dry blender until smooth
6. Mix the blended egusi with a little bit of meat stock from earlier into a smooth paste
7. Blend peppers
8. Heat up palm oil in a pot for a few minutes
9. Add onions, iru and crayfish. Fry for a couple of minutes
10. Add blended peppers, salt and knorr beef seasoning cube. Mix well and fry for 10-12 minutes until it's a bit dry
11. Add egusi paste in little chunks. Cover and let it boil for 15-20 minutes on low heat until the egusi paste is completely exhausted
12. Add the rest of the meat stock, the dried fish, the boiled meat, shaki and kpomo. Mix well
13. Add uziza leaf and mix well
14. Add fresh green leaves (Spinach, kale, ugu) and mix well. Let it cook for a few minutes
15. Peel, rinse and cut yam into smaller pieces. Cook for 15 minutes until fully cooked.
16. Transfer cooked yam into food processor and process for a couple of minutes in 30 minutes interval, until it's completely smooth

## Equipment

- pot
- dry blender
- food processor

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/SLxSksjC_0g
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/64df4104-d756-4df6-943d-4fba359b53bc
- Extracted: 2025-01-12

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