Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup. Iyan is however believed to go best egusi. Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa. The soup is thickened with ground melon, gourd, or squash seeds.
Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different Recipes exist that have taken away the strenuous process of pounding. I learned you could make pounded yam with blenders or just buy yam flour. You can have Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup
- Prepare 3 of serving.
- You need 1 of tuber of yam.
- It's of Vegetable of choice but i use spinach leave.
- It's 1 of tomato tin cup of egusi.
- You need of Beef n ponmo.
- It's of Grounded fresh pepper.
- It's of Seasoning.
- It's of Locust beans.
- It's of Palm oil.
- You need of Water.
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. The basic ingredients include assorted meat, dried fish, onions, fresh tomatoes, seasonings & green vegetables. For the egusi soup recipe, follow.
Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup step by step
- Peel and wash yam, set inside pot n add water to cook.
- When door, put into motar n pound then portion into desire sizes.
- Cut vegetable n wash under runing water and blanch.
- Wash meat n ponmo very well then boil with seasoning till done.
- Put pot on stove, add little quantity of palm oil.
- Pour in slice onion n locust beans then fry for some mins.
- Add egusi n fry.
- Put in papper, cook n pour in the stock meat n meat wt ponmo cover n cook for 5min.
- At this stage correct seasoning, add your vegetable n leave for some mins.
- Bring down n enjoy your meal.
All Nigerian soups can be served with Eba (Garri), Agidi, Amala, Semolina, Tuwo Shinkafa, Pounded Yam and other Nigerian Fufu Recipes. Most Nigerian soups are low carb because they are mostly prepared with vegetables, meat and fish. Egusi Soup and Pounded Yam Try this one. Making pounded yam with a food processor Make pounded yam. Read OnMake Pounded Yam In A Food Processor By Onome.