Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup. Pounded yam is one of the many yam recipes in Nigeria. it is very delicious and also very popular. I like it best when it is served with egusi soup. Most folks outside the shores of Nigeria are yet to completely grasp the idea behind pounding yam.
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. You can have Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup
- Prepare of Tuber of yam.
- It's leaf of Bitter.
- You need of Egusi.
- It's of Pepper.
- It's of Tomato.
- It's of Onions.
- You need of Beef.
- Prepare of Assorted meat.
- You need of Maggi.
- It's of Salt.
- Prepare of Groundnut oil.
Pounded yam and egusi soup is a staple Nigerian dish, one of the most popular dish in Nigeria. In the USA ingredients for Nigerian dish can be hard to come by Notes: Boil meat with onion, green pepper, and seasonings. Yam, palm oil, spinach, egusi, meat, seasoning, spices, onions, blended scotch bonnet. Peel yam and boil in water until soft.
Pounded Yam And Egusi Soup step by step
- For the pounded yam, peel and wash tuber of yam, dice into large chunks add water in a pot and allow to boil. When yam is soft, strain out excess water and keep aside. Put boiled yam (preferrably little by little) in a mortar and pound with pestle until soft and no evidence of lumps. Add little water (from excess water drained from yam) if Yam gets sticky and hard to pound. After getting soft lumpless texture, mould into a ball and put in Santana(transparent leather)..
- For the Egusi soup, boil beef and assorted meat and set aside (keep stock for later). Cut bitter leaf and wash thoroughly. Blend pepper onions and tomatoes and add groundnut oil to fry to make stew. Add water and beef stock to fried stew, add assorted meat and beef, Maggi, salt, to taste then cover and allow to boil for 10 mins. Add Egusi and also allow to cook for 10 mins then finally your bitter leaf goes in for 5 mins. Your Egusi soup is done.
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. 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! Using a spoon, scoop up the egusi and place in the pot of.