Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pounded yam with melon soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Pounded yam with Melon soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Pounded yam with Melon soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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. The egusi soup is often thickened with ground melon seeds.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pounded yam with melon soup using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam with Melon soup:
- Take 1 Yam tuber
- Get 1 bunch spinach
- Get 1 cup grounded melon(also known as egusi)
- Prepare Spices and seasoning
- Get Palm oil 4table spoons
- Take Stock fish
- Take Beef or meat of your choice
- Make ready 2 Chopped red chilli
- Prepare 2 Chopped onion
Particularly, in Nigerian culture, egusi is a popular with pounded yam. These seeds are rich in fat and protein, and add these essential nutrients into West African Cuisine. Different soups can be served with pounded yam but egusi (melon) soup stands out. The stress of pounding yam is nothing to be compared with its taste especially to the Ekitis of Southwestern Nigeria.
Instructions to make Pounded yam with Melon soup:
- Peel yam,wash,cook till soft and tender,pound it using mortar and pestle till smooth and soft,mould and keep in a warmer,keep a side 1
- In a pot on flame, add 2cups of water,wash beef,stock and add,add seasoning and chopped onion,let it boil for 30mins till meat is soft and tender,add a cup of water,add spices and seasoning,add (red chilli)pepper,add palm oil,add grounded melon,cover let it boil and thickens,wash spinach and cut thinly, wash it thorougly again after cut,then add to the cooked melon,off flame and cover pot let the spinach simmer unflamely
- Soup is ready,serve with pounded yam
Different soups can be served with pounded yam but egusi (melon) soup stands out. The stress of pounding yam is nothing to be compared with its taste especially to the Ekitis of Southwestern Nigeria. There is pondo yam; an alternative to pounded yam but it is nothing to be compared to the real deal. The most popular combinations are Pounded Yam with Egusi Soup, Pounded Yam with Nsala or White Soup and many more. How to Make Pounded Yam with Mortar and Pestle [Video] How to Make Pounded Yam with a Blender How to Make Pounded Yam with a Stand Mixer.
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