Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup. Learn how to make Nigeria's most popular soup Egusi. Iyan is however believed to go best egusi. Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa.
Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores. 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. You can cook Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup
- Prepare 3 of serving.
- It's 1 of tuber of yam.
- It's of Vegetable of choice but i use spinach leave.
- You need 1 of tomato tin cup of egusi.
- It's of Beef n ponmo.
- It's of Grounded fresh pepper.
- Prepare of Seasoning.
- Prepare of Locust beans.
- Prepare of Palm oil.
- It's of Water.
I learned you could make pounded yam with blenders or just buy yam flour. 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.
Pounded yam with vegetable egusi soup instructions
- 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.
For the egusi soup recipe, follow. There's nothing quite like egusi soup. There's nothing quite like egusi soup. Almost every family has their own variation of this truly Nigerian dish - try ours for a guaranteed winner! All Nigerian soups can be served with Eba (Garri), Agidi, Amala, Semolina, Tuwo Shinkafa, Pounded Yam and other Nigerian Fufu Recipes.