Melon soup which is also known as egusi soup is a popular recipe especially in the Western part of Africa.
Melon soup is a very colourful and appetizing soup recipe to behold.
This soup is ideally a fantastic choice for people who are very keen on trying a different recipe once in a while.
We will walk you through on the steps of preparing this special soup recipe.
You can also read more about the melon seeds.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of melon seeds (egusi)
- Assorted meat
- Dried fish
- Stockfish
- 2 stock cubes
- Salt to taste
- 1 diced onion
- 3 tbs. of red oil
- Pepper to taste
- 1 bunch of shredded lettuce
- 2 sliced fresh tomatoes.
Instructions:
- Grind melon seeds (set aside).
- Wash, season and cook assorted meat and stockfish.
- Slightly heat up red oil in a saucepan, stir in onions and tomatoes then add grinded melon seeds.
- Continue stirring until thickened.
- Add the boiling meat with a reasonable quantity of meat broth and cover the pot to cook.
- Add boiling water to the dried fish and wash properly, ensuring to debone the fish.
- Then add the dried fish, stock cube, pepper and salt to taste in the soup.
- Stir the soup then cover pot and allow to cook for another 7mins.
- Wash and add the shredded vegetables and simmer for 2mins.
- Bring down from fire and enjoy your soup served with pounded yam or fufu.
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