date: 2020-11-28T15:19:39.197Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/0fd330082993af52/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-with-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/0fd330082993af52/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-with-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/0fd330082993af52/751x532cq70/pounded-yam-with-egusi-soup-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Adeline Thomas ratingvalue: 4.4 reviewcount: 9736 recipeingredient: - " Pounded Yam" - "1 big Yam" - "Pinch Suger" - " Salt" - " Water" - " Egusi Soup" - " Egusi" - " Chicken" - " Spinach" - " Palm oil" - "1 big Onion" - "2 red bell pepper" - "1 Tomato" - " Whole roasted shrimps" - " Crawfish powder" - " Salt and seasonings" recipeinstructions: - "Peel the yam into a medium sizes, wash and pour it into a clean pot and add water" - "Add a little bit suger to bring out d taste and bitterness from the Yam" - "Drain d yam from the pot after cook and pour it into a mota or pounding machine and pound till soft" - "Remove from the mota and make a shape of ur choice, mine is round😘" - "Cut the chicken into pieces, put it into a clean put and add onion, curry, seasoning and salt to taste. Cover and leave to boil for some minutes" - "In another clean pot add palm oil and a dice onion, fry till the onion is golden brown. U can add small garlic if u like but is optional" - "Blend the red bell pepper and tomato, then pour it inside the palm oil and fry it also" - "Diced the onion and mixed it with the Egusi, then add water bit by bit to the egusi until you form a thick paste" - "Scoop the Egusi and let it cook for like 15mins on a low heat" - "After boiling the chicken, then fry it a bit and add d chicken together with it stock into the egusi" - "Add some whole roasted shrimps and crawfish powder, add curry, seasoning and a pinch of salt to taste" - "Add spinach after cooking for like 10min" - "Stir it well and leave it for 5min" - "Serve with a drink of choice. My pounded Yam and Egusi Soup is ready to serve, so Yummmmyyyy" categories: - Recipe tags: - pounded - yam - with katakunci: pounded yam with nutrition: 234 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT31M" cooktime: "PT48M" recipeyield: "4" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hello everybody, I hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, pounded yam with egusi soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious. 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. Learn how to make Nigeria's most popular soup Egusi. Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa. Pounded Yam with Egusi Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. It's enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Pounded Yam with Egusi Soup is something which I've loved my whole life. To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pounded yam with egusi soup using 16 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it. ##### The ingredients needed to make Pounded Yam with Egusi Soup: 1. Take Pounded Yam 1. Take 1 big Yam 1. Make ready Pinch Suger 1. Make ready Salt 1. Get Water 1. Make ready Egusi Soup 1. Prepare Egusi 1. Prepare Chicken 1. Prepare Spinach 1. Prepare Palm oil 1. Take 1 big Onion 1. Prepare 2 red bell pepper 1. Make ready 1 Tomato 1. Take Whole roasted shrimps 1. Get Crawfish powder 1. Get Salt and seasonings Learn how to make the perfect stretchy Pounded Yam right here. Here's how I prepare Egusu Soup without frying. And this method makes the egusi rise and rise giving you more soup for your money. Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. ##### Steps to make Pounded Yam with Egusi Soup: 1. Peel the yam into a medium sizes, wash and pour it into a clean pot and add water 1. Add a little bit suger to bring out d taste and bitterness from the Yam 1. Drain d yam from the pot after cook and pour it into a mota or pounding machine and pound till soft 1. Remove from the mota and make a shape of ur choice, mine is round😘 1. Cut the chicken into pieces, put it into a clean put and add onion, curry, seasoning and salt to taste. Cover and leave to boil for some minutes 1. In another clean pot add palm oil and a dice onion, fry till the onion is golden brown. U can add small garlic if u like but is optional 1. Blend the red bell pepper and tomato, then pour it inside the palm oil and fry it also 1. Diced the onion and mixed it with the Egusi, then add water bit by bit to the egusi until you form a thick paste 1. Scoop the Egusi and let it cook for like 15mins on a low heat 1. After boiling the chicken, then fry it a bit and add d chicken together with it stock into the egusi 1. Add some whole roasted shrimps and crawfish powder, add curry, seasoning and a pinch of salt to taste 1. Add spinach after cooking for like 10min 1. Stir it well and leave it for 5min 1. Serve with a drink of choice. My pounded Yam and Egusi Soup is ready to serve, so Yummmmyyyy And this method makes the egusi rise and rise giving you more soup for your money. 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. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. 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