Pounded yam and egusi soup. Learn how to make Nigeria's most popular soup Egusi. 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.
The soup is thickened with ground melon, gourd, or squash seeds.
Look for the seeds in African or International grocery stores.
Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores.
You can have Pounded yam and egusi soup using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Pounded yam and egusi soup
- It's 1 1/2 of tuber yam.
- You need 2 cups of ground egusi.
- Prepare 5 of balls fresh tomatoes.
- It's 8 of balls fresh pepper.
- You need 1 of mediun size ice fish.
- Prepare of Palm oil.
- You need 1 of ball onion.
- You need 5 of stock cube.
- You need of Ginger.
- Prepare of Garlic.
- It's 1 of small bunch ugu leaf.
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. Most folks outside the shores of Nigeria are yet to completely grasp the idea behind pounding yam. Melon soup also known as egusi soup is a popular soup recipe in the Western part of Africa.
Pounded yam and egusi soup step by step
- Peel,wash and boil yam till its well cooked, pound, mold into balls and set aside..
- Preheat palm oil add blended pepper, ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes stir fry. 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. Finally add chopped ugu leaf and allow to cook for 5 minutes..
- Serve pounded yam and egusi soup..
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. 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.
