date: 2020-08-11T22:16:30.755Z 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: Bill Larson ratingvalue: 4.1 reviewcount: 5819 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: 259 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT23M" cooktime: "PT45M" recipeyield: "4" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hello everybody, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pounded yam and egusi soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious. 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. Pounded yam and egusi soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It's appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Pounded yam and egusi soup is something which I've loved my whole life. They're nice and they look wonderful. To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook pounded yam and egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam and egusi soup: 1. Make ready Yam 1. Make ready Palm oil 1. Make ready Spinach 1. Get Egusi 1. Make ready Meat 1. Prepare Seasoning 1. Get Spices 1. Prepare Onions 1. Prepare 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. ##### Steps 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's going to wrap this up with this exceptional food pounded yam and egusi soup recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I'm sure that you will make this at home. There's gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!