Pounded yam and egusi soup
Pounded yam and egusi soup

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pounded yam and egusi soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Learn how to make Nigeria's most popular soup Egusi. Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa. The soup is thickened with ground melon, gourd, or squash seeds. Look for the seeds in African or International grocery stores.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook pounded yam and egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam and egusi soup:
  1. Take Yam
  2. Prepare Palm oil
  3. Take Spinach
  4. Get Egusi
  5. Prepare Meat
  6. Make ready Seasoning
  7. Take Spices
  8. Prepare Onions
  9. Make ready Blended scotch bonnet

Melon soup also known as egusi soup is a popular soup recipe in the Western part of Africa. This soup is best served with pounded yam, fufu or eba. Egusi soup and pounded yam is such a mouthwatering and appetising dish to behold. Nigerian Soups are those special sauces that accompany the major Nigerian food commonly known as Fufu.

Steps to make Pounded yam and egusi soup:
  1. Peel yam and boil in water until soft
  2. Pound in a clean mortar until it gets sticky
  3. For your egusi soup, wash meat and add to cooking pot, add a desired amount of water, spices, onions and seasoning. Cook until soft
  4. In another pot, add palm oil and onions fry lightly then add blended scotch bonnet and fry for another 5minutes
  5. Add spices, seasoning and onions, then grind your egusi, add a little amount of water and form a thick paste. Drop tiny balls of egusi into pot until it finishes. Cover and allow for 5mins
  6. Then add meat stock and meat stir and allow for a minute. Wash spinach and chop into tiny bits then add to pot. Cook at a very low heat for 4-5minutes and serve

Egusi soup and pounded yam is such a mouthwatering and appetising dish to behold. Nigerian Soups are those special sauces that accompany the major Nigerian food commonly known as Fufu. Fufu is a generic name for food you swallow All other soups not mentioned above are low carb Nigerian Soups. Watch out, some may be high in fat. The trick is to read the ingredients for each.

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