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Ingredients:

•⁠ ⁠200g Egusi seeds (ground)
•⁠ ⁠500g meat or fish (beef, goat meat, chicken, or fish), cut into bite-sized pieces
•⁠ ⁠2 medium onions, chopped
•⁠ ⁠1 teaspoon grated garlic
•⁠ ⁠1 teaspoon grated ginger
•⁠ ⁠3 Scotch bonnet pepper
• 3 cayenne pepper
• 2 red bell pepper
• 2 yellow pepper
• 1 medium tomatoe
•⁠ ⁠seasoning
•⁠ ⁠1 tablespoon ground crayfish
• 1 teaspoon Cameron pepper
• locust beans
• cow skin (ponmo)
• stock fish (okporoko)
• smoked fish (panla)
• shrimp, optional
•⁠ ⁠Salt to taste
•⁠ ⁠1 cup palm oil
•⁠ ⁠1cups water
•⁠ ⁠2 cups meat stock
•⁠ ⁠uziza seed
• uziza leaf
•⁠ ⁠ugu, Spinach or other leafy greens

Instructions:
Step 1: Cook the meat

Chapters:
0:00
0:06 Boil 500g meat in a large pot over medium heat.
0:12 Add seasoning cube, salt, ginger paste, garlic paste and water.
0:29 Add the chopped onions, stir well and cook until softened (45-1hr).

Step 2: Prepare the Egusi seeds

0:38 Mix Egusi with blended onion and meat stock.

Step 3: Add the Egusi seeds and spices

1:10 Add palm oil into a heated pan.
1:15 Scoop the ground Egusi bit by bit into the pot.
1:24 Add 1/2 cup of water and the meat stock. Cover and let it steam on low heat for (2min).
1:36 Add locust beans, mixed pepper, stir gently. (You don’t want to break the lumpy Egusi)
1:52 Add cow skin, stick fish, smoked fish, shrimp and meat, stir until just combined.
2:35 Add the remaining 1/2 of water.
2:39 Add the crayfish powder and Cameroon pepper. Cover and let it Cook for 5 minutes, stir gently.

Step 4: Add leafy greens (optional)

2:58 If desired, add leafy greens, Ugu and Uziza leaf (optional)
3:15 Simmer for an additional 2 minutes.

Step 5: Serve

3:20 ⁠Serve the Egusi soup hot, garnished with chopped fresh herbs or scotch bonnet pepper (optional).

Tips and Variations:

• Grind the Egusi seeds into a fine powder using a blender or food processor.
•⁠ ⁠Use a mixture of meat and fish for added flavor.
•⁠ ⁠Add other spices, such as native fish spice, ogiri okpei, for extra flavor.
•⁠ ⁠Use different types of leafy greens, such as bitter leaves or kale.
•⁠ ⁠Serve with pounded yam, fufu, garri, or rice.

Enjoy your delicious Egusi soup!

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