Pounded yam and Egusi soup. 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.

Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores. Learn how to make Nigeria's most popular soup Egusi. Peel, wash and boil yam till its well cooked, pound, mold into balls and set aside. You can have Pounded yam and Egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pounded yam and Egusi soup

You need of Grounded Egusi.
You need of Maggi.
It's of Water-leaf.
You need of Pepper.
It's of Beef.
Prepare of Palm oil.
It's of Cray fish.
You need of Onions.
Prepare of Garlic.

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.

Pounded yam and Egusi soup step by step

For the Egusi soup, you’ll first boil your beef together with salt,onion and Vedan or ajino so that it’ll be soft and tender..
So after then, you’ll add up your palm oil, grounded chili and bell pepper,maggi, and garlic. Allow it to boil for 10-15minutes..
Then you’ll add up your water leaf, when it boil, you’ll add up your egusi and allow it to boil again for 5 minutes..

In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. Pounded yam and egusi don dey hungry me naw. 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.