Recipe of Award-winning Boiled yam and Egusi soup

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, boiled yam and egusi soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Peel, wash and boil yam till its well cooked, pound, mold into balls and set aside. Yam - The type of Yam we use is commonly referred to as puna yam, true yam or African yam. It has a dark brown rough skin with off-white flesh. Pounded Yam is a staple in many African homes, but it is not usually eaten by itself, it is often paired with many delicious African soups, and stews like Egusi.

Boiled yam and Egusi soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Boiled yam and Egusi soup is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook boiled yam and egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Boiled yam and Egusi soup:

1. Get Yam
2. Take Egusi ~1cup
3. Get Minch meat
4. Make ready Cryfish
5. Make ready Seasonings ~5cubes
6. Make ready Palm oil ~2cooking
7. Get Onion and pepper
8. Prepare Pinch salt
9. Make ready leaf Ugu

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. Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores.

Instructions to make Boiled yam and Egusi soup:

1. Boil your yam and set aside
2. Soak your egusi into little water
3. Add oil in a pot allow to get hot and add in your soaked egusi and allow to fry till it turn like scrambled egg
4. Add in your minch meat/cryfish and allow to simmer (you can add any meat or fish of your choice)
5. Add in your onion and pepper till cooked and add your seasonings
6. Add your ugu leaf and allow to simmer for 3mins….. And your stew is ready!

Look for the seeds in African or International grocery stores. Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, can be substituted and are available in Latin American grocery stores. 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 For the egusi soup recipe, follow the steps outlined here. The pounded yam is made by boiling peeled yam and then pounding it until tender, then you.

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