Recipe: Tasty Egusi soup with pounded yam

Egusi soup with pounded yam. 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.

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 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. You can cook Egusi soup with pounded yam using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Egusi soup with pounded yam

1. You need of Egusi.
2. Prepare of Boiled meat.
3. You need 3 of medium dry fish.
4. It's of Stock fish.
5. It's of Grinded Cray fish.
6. You need of Seasoning.
7. You need of Uguleaf.
8. You need of Palm oil.
9. You need of Pepper and onions.
10. You need of Salt.
11. You need of Locust bean.

Other food in the swallow group includes fufu - made from cassava flour, Eba, Amala, and more. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. Egusi Soup is a finger-licking good Nigerian soup made with a white variety of pumpkin seeds. It is spicy, nutty with exotic African flavors!

Egusi soup with pounded yam instructions

1. In a pot,put 4 tablespoon of Palm oil with onions and fry.
2. Add blended pepper and onions and fry a bit,then add your locust beans and fry for few minutes.
3. Then add your stock.(if it's not up to the quantity needed,you can add water).
4. Then put in your boiled meat,stock fish,and dry fish.
5. Add seasoning and salt to taste then cover your pot and let it cook for 10 to 20 mins.
6. When it has boil,you can then put in your grinded egusi and Crayfish and allow it to cook well.
7. Wash and drain your ugu leaf.
8. Then turn in the leaf in the boiling egusi pot.
9. .

These days, yam flour is available in African stores and on Amazon so you can easily make your own pounded yam at home. All Nigerian soups can be served with Eba (Garri), Agidi, Amala, Semolina, Tuwo Shinkafa, Pounded Yam and other Nigerian Fufu Recipes. Most Nigerian soups are low carb because they are mostly prepared with vegetables, meat and fish. Traditional Nigerian Egusi Soup for Igbo weddings. Egusi na West African name for di seeds of plants like squash, melons, wen dem dry am go turn to main ingredient for many dishes for di sub-Saharan region.