Egusi is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by most tribes in Nigeria with considerable variation and often eaten with dishes like pounded yams. Prepare it with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish!
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Not included: 1 cup of blended onions (about 3- 5) and fresh chilies, to taste, 4 cups of egusi (melon seeds), ground or milled, ½ – 1 cup palm oil, fresh Une, Salt, to taste, Ground crayfish, to taste, 7 – 8 cups of stock, Cooked Meat & fish, quantity and variety to personal preference, cut pumpkin leaves, waterleaf, bitter leaf.
1 cup of blended onions (about 3- 5) and fresh chilies, to taste: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
4 cups of egusi (melon seeds), ground or milled: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
½ – 1 cup palm oil: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
fresh Une: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
Salt, to taste: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
Ground crayfish, to taste: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
7 – 8 cups of stock: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
Cooked Meat & fish, quantity and variety to personal preference: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
cut pumpkin leaves: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
waterleaf: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
bitter leaf: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
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Ingredients used in this estimate
1 cup of blended onions (about 3- 5) and fresh chilies, to taste
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
4 cups of egusi (melon seeds), ground or milled
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
½ – 1 cup palm oil
Excluded: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
2 teaspoons fresh Une (Iru, locust beans)
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
Salt, to taste
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
Ground crayfish, to taste
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
7 – 8 cups of stock
Excluded: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
Cooked Meat & fish, quantity and variety to personal preference
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
2 cups cut pumpkin leaves
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
1 cup waterleaf, cut
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
3 tablespoons bitter leaf, washed
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
Values use ingredient nutrients per 100 g and food-specific USDA portion weights. Cups, tablespoons and teaspoons use US measures. Pinches, handfuls, “to taste” and unspecified package sizes are excluded. Common counted foods use the stated size or a documented standard USDA portion when a count is supplied; these assumptions are identified above. Other unspecified counts remain excluded.
Assumes included ingredients are retained. Cooking losses, drained liquids, discarded oil, alcohol evaporation and changes in water content are not modeled. Missing nutrient values are shown as unavailable, not zero.
Source: USDA FoodData Central. Data retrieved . These are automatically calculated estimates, not a laboratory analysis.
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