Egusi soup with pounded yam
Egusi soup with pounded yam

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, egusi soup with pounded yam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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.

Egusi soup with pounded yam is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Egusi soup with pounded yam is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have egusi soup with pounded yam using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup with pounded yam:
  1. Take Egusi
  2. Take Boiled meat
  3. Prepare 3 medium dry fish
  4. Make ready Stock fish
  5. Prepare Grinded Cray fish
  6. Take Seasoning
  7. Get Uguleaf
  8. Prepare Palm oil
  9. Get Pepper and onions
  10. Make ready Salt
  11. Make ready Locust bean

Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. 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. Egusi Soup is a finger-licking good Nigerian soup made with a white variety of pumpkin seeds. It is spicy, nutty with exotic African flavors!

Instructions to make Egusi soup with pounded yam:
  1. In a pot,put 4 tablespoon of Palm oil with onions and fry
  2. Add blended pepper and onions and fry a bit,then add your locust beans and fry for few minutes
  3. Then add your stock.(if it's not up to the quantity needed,you can add water)
  4. Then put in your boiled meat,stock fish,and dry fish
  5. Add seasoning and salt to taste then cover your pot and let it cook for 10 to 20 mins
  6. When it has boil,you can then put in your grinded egusi and Crayfish and allow it to cook well
  7. Wash and drain your ugu leaf
  8. Then turn in the leaf in the boiling egusi pot

These days, yam flour is available in African stores and on Amazon so you can easily make your own pounded yam at home. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. It is a staple in most West African home and it is an uncomplicated one pot meal that is often accompanied with swallows like Eba, Amala, Semovita, Pounded yam, Fufu, and the likes. Firstly, peel the yam wash it and add water to over cook until d water becomes starchy. Egusi soup, also called melon soup is an absolute delightful delicacy enjoyed all over West Africa.

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