Pawpaw Soup Recipe

How To Prepare A Delicious Pot Of Nigerian Pawpaw Soup


Pawpaw Soup Recipe

Pawpaw fruit is known to have many health benefits some of which include improving digestive issues and also for good eyesight.

Not many people know, however, you can make soup out of it.

The pawpaw soup is a special and popular soup amongst the Tiv speaking tribe of Nigeria.

The Tiv tribe is one of the largest minority ethnic groups in Nigeria with a population of nearly six million people residing in the middle belt states of Nigeria like Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa and Plateau.

This soup is now loved by many Nigerians from other tribes.


To make this nutritious delicacy, you need to first of all wash and peel unripe pawpaw, clean the inside and throw away the seeds; next you dice or cut into your favourite tiny shapes and dry very well.

Your dry unripe pawpaw is ready for any Nigerian soup, it’s added when cooking is done, so you can add to your ogbono, egusi, white soup or even okro vegetable soup. If you know the many health benefits of pawpaw, you’ll try this easy to cook Naija soup.

In this recipe, we would be using Egusi soup.

Below is an easy recipe

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Ingredients

  • Beef
  • 3 Medium sized dry fish
  • 1 Cup of grounded egusi
  • 1 Cup dry pawpaw flakes
  • 2 Cooking spoons of palm oil
  • 5 Medium chilli peppers
  • 4 seasoning cubes
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Tbs of locust beans

How to prepare

  • Wash the beef, place in a pot then add 1 seasoning cube, sliced onions and salt to taste. Add water and allow to boil for about 25minutes.
  • Soak the dry pawpaw flakes in a cold bowl of water and allow to rise.
  • Soak the dry fish in a warm bowl of water then rinse and remove the bones after about 3minutes
  • In another bowl, make a thick paste with the egusi and leave to rise
  • After the beef is cooked, remove from the fire and allow it cool for a bit
  • In another pot, mix some water, beef, beef stock, palm oil, ground fresh chilli pepper, Knorr seasoning, salt and locust beans. Allow boiling for about 10minutes then add egusi paste to the pot and cover again without stirring
  • Add the dry fish after another 10minutes, then stir gently after 5mins
  • Finally, add the pawpaw flakes, then cover and allow to simmer for 15mins




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