- noun: A Nigerian soup made from melon seeds.
- Pounded yam and egusi soup na my best food.
- Pounded yam and egusi soup is my favorite food.
- Na egusi soup I cook today. Yu go chop?
- I cooked egusi soup today. Would you like to eat?
- Pounded yam and egusi soup na my best food.
Etymology
From the Yoruba phrase ẹ gun ṣi which means to grind open. This reflects the process in which the dish was prepared in the past i.e by grinding the melon seeds out in the open.