5 ethnic nigerian foods

The 5 most common Nigerian ethnic food includes;
1) Egusi Soup

2) Gbegiri soup

3) Garri Soup

4) Fufu

5) Tuwo Shinkafa



1) Egusi soup
Egusi soup is a kind of Nigerian food mainly eaten by the Igbo tribes of Nigeria.

Egusi soup is prepared with ingredients like, fish, meat, onions, pepper, maggi, crayfish, salt, egusi (melon), bitter leaf, red oil and water.

Procedures involved in cooking the Egusi soup are
...Light up the stove
...Place a pot on top of the stove
... Add about 2 cups of water depending on the size of your egusi
...Wash the meats with clean water and add them into the pot
...Add spices like maggi, onions, pepper, salts and the crayfish
... Wait for few minutes till the meat is ok for eating
... Wash the fish either stock fish, fresh fish or dried fish and add them into the pot
...Wait till the mixture in your pot boils together and then add a cup of processed egusi
...Take a few minutes break then add the red oil and stir together
...Then add the bitter leaf and wait for your soup to soften the leaf, stir your soup again
...You are done, serve Egusi soup when hot to give you a more unique taste


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