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 have Pounded yam with egusi soup using 14 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Pounded yam with egusi soup
- It's 1 of tuber of yam.
- It's 50 ml of palm oil.
- Prepare of #200 ugu leave.
- It's of #200 egusi.
- It's 10 pieces of fried chicken.
- Prepare 1 of medium size onion.
- It's 7 pieces of bonnet.
- You need 4 pieces of tomatoes.
- Prepare 2 pieces of pepper.
- Prepare 7 of seasoning cubes.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
- You need of Curry powder.
- Prepare of Dried thyme.
- You need of #100 crayfish.
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 step by step
- Cut the yam, wash and let it cook, when it is done bring it down from fire and pound in a peston and mutter..
- Great the onion, tomatoes, bonnet and pepper, stir fry with palm oil, add the egusi, fried chicken and cray fish, reduce the flame to let it cook gently, add the ugu leave, curry powder, thyme, seasoning cubes and salt to taste. Allow it to cook for 5 - 7 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.
