Pounded yam with egusi soup. Pounded Yam and Egusi soup Pounded yam is made with tuber of raw yams which is boiled, mashed and rolled to form a ball. 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.
If your know a few things about African cuisine, you probably know that in addition to pounded yam, they serve Egushi soup with Fufu as well; which is another staple from this cuisine.
But they are not exactly the same.
Add two packs of Sympli Yam Cubes and leave to boil for seven minutes.
You can have Pounded yam with egusi soup using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Pounded yam with egusi soup
- It's of Yam.
- You need of Egusi.
- It's leaves of Ugu.
- It's of Offal.
- Prepare of Kpomo.
- You need of Chicken parts.
- Prepare of Stock fish.
- Prepare of Dried fish.
- Prepare of Cray fish.
- It's of Grated scotch bonnets and onion.
- You need of Chili flakes.
- It's of Palm oil.
- It's of Onions.
- Prepare of Seasonings.
When yam is cooked, scoop into a food processor or a wooden mortar. Add little water to ground egusi to form a thick paste add this to the mixture frying fry gently till its well fried. Add adequate amount of water, stock cubes, salt to taste and your fried ice fish. Serve pounded yam and egusi soup.
Pounded yam with egusi soup step by step
- For the pounded yam: feel wash and cut the yam pour to a pot and add water topping the yam with it cook until soft. Then pound it using mortar and pestle.till soft and no lumps..
- For the soup: wash the offal, kpomo and add to a pot then set on heat cook for 30 mns then remove from heat and drain the water, put it back to the pot and add water set on heat again add the stock fish (soaked) and the dried fish (soaked) add in, chicken parts add in grated scotch bonnets and onion? add in seasoning add garlic add in palm oil and chili flake..
- Keep cooking when it is almost done add the uguu leave use motto to pound egusi together with onions and add to the soup cook for few more minutes..
Came in for the classic pounded yam and egusi, but instead had Ogbono & eba/gari. Also took some jollof rice with plantains to-go. Nice restaurant with well made Nigerian cuisine. The chicken meat was a tad hard, but the fish was delicious with a well balanced and bold symphony of flavors that was a culinary delight. Pounded Yam Pounded Yam is one of the Nigerian fufu recipes that is eaten with the various Nigerian soup recipes.
