date: 2020-11-30T05:43:55.507Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/4e5efc54b79f3b97/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-and-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/4e5efc54b79f3b97/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-and-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/4e5efc54b79f3b97/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-and-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Rose Alexander ratingvalue: 4.7 reviewcount: 7936 recipeingredient: - " Yam" - " Palm oil" - " Spinach" - " Egusi" - " Meat" - " Seasoning" - " Spices" - " Onions" - " Blended scotch bonnet" recipeinstructions: - "Peel yam and boil in water until soft" - "Pound in a clean mortar until it gets sticky" - "For your egusi soup, wash meat and add to cooking pot, add a desired amount of water, spices, onions and seasoning. Cook until soft" - "In another pot, add palm oil and onions fry lightly then add blended scotch bonnet and fry for another 5minutes" - "Add spices, seasoning and onions, then grind your egusi, add a little amount of water and form a thick paste. Drop tiny balls of egusi into pot until it finishes. Cover and allow for 5mins" - "Then add meat stock and meat stir and allow for a minute. Wash spinach and chop into tiny bits then add to pot. Cook at a very low heat for 4-5minutes and serve" categories: - Recipe tags: - pounded - yam - and katakunci: pounded yam and nutrition: 185 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT28M" cooktime: "PT40M" recipeyield: "3" recipecategory: Lunch ---  Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, pounded yam and egusi soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Pounded yam and egusi soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They're fine and they look fantastic. Pounded yam and egusi soup is something that I have loved my entire life. 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. To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pounded yam and egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it. ##### The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam and egusi soup: 1. Get Yam 1. Get Palm oil 1. Take Spinach 1. Make ready Egusi 1. Get Meat 1. Make ready Seasoning 1. Prepare Spices 1. Prepare Onions 1. Take Blended scotch bonnet 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. Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. ##### Instructions to make Pounded yam and egusi soup: 1. Peel yam and boil in water until soft 1. Pound in a clean mortar until it gets sticky 1. For your egusi soup, wash meat and add to cooking pot, add a desired amount of water, spices, onions and seasoning. Cook until soft 1. In another pot, add palm oil and onions fry lightly then add blended scotch bonnet and fry for another 5minutes 1. Add spices, seasoning and onions, then grind your egusi, add a little amount of water and form a thick paste. Drop tiny balls of egusi into pot until it finishes. Cover and allow for 5mins 1. Then add meat stock and meat stir and allow for a minute. Wash spinach and chop into tiny bits then add to pot. Cook at a very low heat for 4-5minutes and serve Egusi soup and pounded yam is such a mouthwatering and appetising dish to behold. 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 across different Nigerian ethnic groups. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with. Pounded Yam is one of the Nigerian fufu recipes that is made from boiled and pounded white yam. So that is going to wrap it up for this special food pounded yam and egusi soup recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don't forget to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!