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. Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa.
Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pounded yam and egusi soup using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup:
- Make ready Tuber of yam
- Get leaf Bitter
- Get Egusi
- Make ready Pepper
- Prepare Tomato
- Take Onions
- Take Beef
- Get Assorted meat
- Prepare Maggi
- Make ready Salt
- Make ready Groundnut oil
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.
Instructions to make Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup:
- For the pounded yam, peel and wash tuber of yam, dice into large chunks add water in a pot and allow to boil. When yam is soft, strain out excess water and keep aside. Put boiled yam (preferrably little by little) in a mortar and pound with pestle until soft and no evidence of lumps. Add little water (from excess water drained from yam) if Yam gets sticky and hard to pound. After getting soft lumpless texture, mould into a ball and put in Santana(transparent leather).
- For the Egusi soup, boil beef and assorted meat and set aside (keep stock for later). Cut bitter leaf and wash thoroughly. Blend pepper onions and tomatoes and add groundnut oil to fry to make stew. Add water and beef stock to fried stew, add assorted meat and beef, Maggi, salt, to taste then cover and allow to boil for 10 mins. Add Egusi and also allow to cook for 10 mins then finally your bitter leaf goes in for 5 mins. Your Egusi soup is done
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. 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. There's nothing quite like egusi soup.
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