Greetings to everyone in this nice community, this is my first post here. I'll be teaching us all how to prepare melon (egusi) soup. Please have a good time learning and leave a nice comment.
Ingredients Required
Grounded Melon (2 cups)
Periwinkle/ Isam (2 cups)
Cube season (Add to taste)
Sliced Onions ( This is optional)
Salt (Add to taste)
1/4 liter of palm oil
Bitter leaf
Ground crayfish (Add to taste)
Fresh Pepper
Kanda/ Meat (Whichever is desired)
Thickener (ofor)
Melon mixed with water, to form paste 
Seasoning cubes, grounded crayfish, kitchen glory and Thickener 
Palm oil 
Sliced onion 
Salt 
Sliced kanda meat 
Bitterleaf 
Fresh pepper 
Periwinkle (Isam)
Proceeding To The Cooking
• Step 1: Pour in your oil, and allow to heat for at least 1minute.
• Step 2: Pour in your melon paste and the sliced onion. Stir and allow to fry for at least 3minutes. Continuously stir while frying to avoid burning.
Pouring in the melon paste and sliced onion 
Stirring the mixture so it doesn't get burnt • Step 3: Pour in your Kanda/Meat or fish and continue to stir for at least 1minute
Adding my Kanda 
Stirring continuously • Step 4: Pour in water as you desire, depending on the qauntity of your thickner. Cover the pot and the content to cook for at least 7 minutes (depending on your cooker).
•Step 5: Add your seasoning cubes, crayfish, already grinded pepper, salt and periwinkle to taste. Cover the pot and allow content to cook for another 10 minutes.
Adding seasoning cubes 
Adding pepper 
Adding periwinkle 
Adding crayfish • Step 6: Add your thicker. Cover the pot and allow the content to cook for another 10 minutes.
Adding thickner (ofor)
• Step 7: Put in your bitterleaf and allow cook for another 5 minutes.
Adding the bitterleaf 
Adding the bitterleaf • Step 8: After allowing to cook for 5 minutes, your soup is ready. Turn off your cooker and bring pot down. Soup can be served with garri or fufu.