date: 2020-12-04T23:16:25.296Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/b846aa5d35d38f88/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-and-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/b846aa5d35d38f88/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-and-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/b846aa5d35d38f88/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-and-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Eddie Casey ratingvalue: 4.8 reviewcount: 26846 recipeingredient: - " Yam" - " Salt" - " Sugar" - " Water" - " Egusi soup" - " Egusi seed powder" - " Red oil" - " Spices" - " Seasonings" - " Grated onion and red pepper" - " Spring onion" - " Veg leaves of ur choice" - " Stock meat" recipeinstructions: - "For the pounded yam: peel the yam and cut into medium size. Wash and settle in a cooking pot. Add water to cover the. yam and add salt and sugar to balance the taste. Boil for about 15-20 mins and turn off the heat, be sure that the water is not completely dried because you will need them while pounding" - "Pick with a fork and transfer in to mortar and go ahead and pound wit pestle. Pound until the yam are seedless and can easily be molded, you can add warm water(preferably used water from boiling the yam) and pound until u have a smooth soft pounded yam." - "You can mold as you wish but i use plastic containers wit little vegetable oil inside. Fill the container with the pounded yam and gently pull out to achieve the desired shape." - "For the egusi soup: place the red oil in a clean pot and add little grated onion, let it saute for some second and add the grated red pepper and onion. Fry until it change the colour and add egusi powder, turn continuously until the aroma start knocking ur nose😃." - "Add spices, seasonings, spring onion and stock meat" - "Turn well and cover for 15 minutes while stirring occasionally. Add sliced vegetable leaves of ur choice" - "Let it cook for some minutes and serve" - "It's oll about team6😃 enjoy 🥰🥰" categories: - Recipe tags: - pounded - yam - and katakunci: pounded yam and nutrition: 147 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT30M" cooktime: "PT41M" recipeyield: "3" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pounded yam and egusi soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious. Pounded yam and egusi soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It's simple, it's quick, it tastes yummy. It's appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pounded yam and egusi soup is something that I've loved my whole life. 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. Peel, wash and boil yam till its well cooked, pound, mold into balls and set aside. To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pounded yam and egusi soup using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam and egusi soup: 1. Take Yam 1. Take Salt 1. Prepare Sugar 1. Make ready Water 1. Prepare Egusi soup 1. Make ready Egusi seed powder 1. Prepare Red oil 1. Make ready Spices 1. Take Seasonings 1. Prepare Grated onion and red pepper 1. Prepare Spring onion 1. Take Veg leaves of ur choice 1. Take Stock meat 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. Melon soup also known as egusi soup is a popular soup recipe in the Western part of Africa. ##### Steps to make Pounded yam and egusi soup: 1. For the pounded yam: peel the yam and cut into medium size. Wash and settle in a cooking pot. Add water to cover the. yam and add salt and sugar to balance the taste. Boil for about 15-20 mins and turn off the heat, be sure that the water is not completely dried because you will need them while pounding 1. Pick with a fork and transfer in to mortar and go ahead and pound wit pestle. Pound until the yam are seedless and can easily be molded, you can add warm water(preferably used water from boiling the yam) and pound until u have a smooth soft pounded yam. 1. You can mold as you wish but i use plastic containers wit little vegetable oil inside. Fill the container with the pounded yam and gently pull out to achieve the desired shape. 1. For the egusi soup: place the red oil in a clean pot and add little grated onion, let it saute for some second and add the grated red pepper and onion. Fry until it change the colour and add egusi powder, turn continuously until the aroma start knocking ur nose😃. 1. Add spices, seasonings, spring onion and stock meat 1. Turn well and cover for 15 minutes while stirring occasionally. Add sliced vegetable leaves of ur choice 1. Let it cook for some minutes and serve 1. It's oll about team6😃 enjoy 🥰🥰 Most folks outside the shores of Nigeria are yet to completely grasp the idea behind pounding yam. 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. Nigerian Soups are those special sauces that accompany the major Nigerian food commonly known as Fufu. So that is going to wrap it up for this special food pounded yam and egusi soup recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I'm sure you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!