With over 6 Nigerian Egusi soup recipes on this page, you can learn how to cook egusi soup using different cooking methods, frying or boiling. Egusi soup is made from egusi seeds called melon seeds in English.

Here you will find Nigerian egusi soup with vegetables, Lumpy egusi soup and plain egusi soup called Egusi Ijebu. Go wild and make Nigerian egusi soup with more than one vegetable as I did with this Efo elegusi meta (i.e egusi made with 3 types of green vegetable) If you fancy the Yoruba style prepared with waterleaf then I have got you covered with obe gbure.

In Nigeria egusi and pounded are perfect food marriage and it is also part of Nigerian culture. You can also use amala, eba or fufu too to eat it. Most households in Nigeria cook this delicious soup. This soup is not only eaten in Nigeria but the whole of Africa. I believe we use the same cooking methods with our choices of vegetables making it differs slightly. Request a new egusi soup recipe via my email.