Pounded yam with egusi soup
Pounded yam with egusi soup

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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.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pounded yam with egusi soup using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam with egusi soup:
  1. Take Egusi
  2. Get Palm oil
  3. Prepare Goat meat
  4. Prepare Dry fish
  5. Make ready Stock fish
  6. Make ready Yellow peppers
  7. Get Locust bean
  8. Get Crayfish
  9. Get Ugwu (pumpkin leaf)
  10. Prepare Onions
  11. Take to taste Seasoning/salt

The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. Find out how to cook egusi soup with this 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.

Instructions to make Pounded yam with egusi soup:
  1. Boil the goat meat till tender, wash and add the stock fish and allow for a while
  2. Add the quantity of water needed and add the pounded yellow pepper crayfish, locust bean, red oil and allow to boil
  3. Add the seasoning dry fish and cover for a little while the add egusi and allow to cook
  4. Then add the ugwu and allow to boil for 1min and put off the heat

It is spicy, nutty with exotic African flavors! These days, yam flour is available in African stores and on Amazon so you can easily make your own pounded yam at home. Pounded yams are considered a fufu (a kind of starchy side dish) usually served with a stew or efo. One could compare pounded yams to mashed potatoes This soup gets its name from protein-rich egusi that lends the dish its velvety, creamy texture and rich flavor. Egusi is satisfying on its own, or.

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