Pounded yam with egusi soup. Learn how to make Nigeria's most popular soup Egusi. Pounded yam is one of the many yam recipes in Nigeria. it is very delicious and also very popular. I like it best when it is served with egusi soup.
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.
You can cook Pounded yam with egusi soup using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Pounded yam with egusi soup
- You need of Yam.
- Prepare of Egusi.
- Prepare leaves of Ugu.
- You need of Offal.
- You need of Kpomo.
- You need of Chicken parts.
- It's of Stock fish.
- Prepare of Dried fish.
- You need of Cray fish.
- You need of Grated scotch bonnets and onion.
- Prepare of Chili flakes.
- Prepare of Palm oil.
- You need of Onions.
- Prepare of Seasonings.
Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores. Pounded Yam is a staple in many West African homes, but it is not usually eaten by itself, it is often paired with many delicious African soups, and stews. Other food in the swallow group includes fufu - made from cassava flour, Eba, Amala, and more. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables.
Pounded yam with egusi soup instructions
- 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..
Find out how to cook egusi soup with this It is one of the most popular soups prepared by most tribes in Nigeria with considerable variation and often eaten with dishes like Pounded Yams. All Nigerian soups can be served with Eba (Garri), Agidi, Amala, Semolina, Tuwo Shinkafa, Pounded Yam and Most Nigerian soups are low carb because they are mostly prepared with vegetables, meat and fish. This is a special Egusi Soup for those who do not like Egusi Soup prepared the usual way. In a recent video shared on Zion's official Instagram page, he was seen eating the popular Nigerian delicacy, Pounded yam and Egusi soup with his dad. Fans trooped to his comment section to commend the singer for exposing his son to the Yoruba culture while others have gushed over Zion's.
