date: 2020-11-14T01:13:43.642Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/4e43a08d0ca63bd4/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-with-melon-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/4e43a08d0ca63bd4/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-with-melon-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/4e43a08d0ca63bd4/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-with-melon-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Francis Porter ratingvalue: 4.7 reviewcount: 14068 recipeingredient: - "1 Yam tuber" - "1 bunch spinach" - "1 cup grounded melonalso known as egusi" - " Spices and seasoning" - " Palm oil 4table spoons" - " Stock fish" - " Beef or meat of your choice" - "2 Chopped red chilli" - "2 Chopped onion" recipeinstructions: - "Peel yam,wash,cook till soft and tender,pound it using mortar and pestle till smooth and soft,mould and keep in a warmer,keep a side 1" - "In a pot on flame, add 2cups of water,wash beef,stock and add,add seasoning and chopped onion,let it boil for 30mins till meat is soft and tender,add a cup of water,add spices and seasoning,add (red chilli)pepper,add palm oil,add grounded melon,cover let it boil and thickens,wash spinach and cut thinly, wash it thorougly again after cut,then add to the cooked melon,off flame and cover pot let the spinach simmer unflamely" - "Soup is ready,serve with pounded yam" categories: - Recipe tags: - pounded - yam - with katakunci: pounded yam with nutrition: 102 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT14M" cooktime: "PT48M" recipeyield: "2" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, pounded yam with melon soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious. Pounded yam with Melon soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes delicious. It's appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pounded yam with Melon soup is something that I have loved my whole life. Nigerian most popular local soup made with melon seeds, locust beans, palm oil, pepper, dry prawn, smoked fish and a dash of spinach etc. A gameplay of Egusi Soup also known as melon seed soup, is a healthy and easy dinner recipe that is sure to make your mouth water. 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. Then, we scoop some stew or soup over it and we eat it. To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have pounded yam with melon soup using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam with Melon soup: 1. Get 1 Yam tuber 1. Get 1 bunch spinach 1. Take 1 cup grounded melon(also known as egusi) 1. Take Spices and seasoning 1. Get Palm oil 4table spoons 1. Make ready Stock fish 1. Take Beef or meat of your choice 1. Take 2 Chopped red chilli 1. Make ready 2 Chopped onion 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. Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores. ##### Steps to make Pounded yam with Melon soup: 1. Peel yam,wash,cook till soft and tender,pound it using mortar and pestle till smooth and soft,mould and keep in a warmer,keep a side 1 1. In a pot on flame, add 2cups of water,wash beef,stock and add,add seasoning and chopped onion,let it boil for 30mins till meat is soft and tender,add a cup of water,add spices and seasoning,add (red chilli)pepper,add palm oil,add grounded melon,cover let it boil and thickens,wash spinach and cut thinly, wash it thorougly again after cut,then add to the cooked melon,off flame and cover pot let the spinach simmer unflamely 1. Soup is ready,serve with pounded yam Look for the seeds in African or International grocery stores. Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores. Pounded Yam is the most stretchy of all the Nigerian fufu recipes that is if it is well prepared. It has the softness of semolina fufu hence it is not as hard as cassava fufu. To prepare pounded yam from scratch, you simply cook white yam and pound the yam pieces with a mortar and pestle when done. So that's going to wrap this up with this exceptional food pounded yam with melon soup recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I'm confident that you can make this at home. There's gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don't forget to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!