Boiled yam and Egusi soup
Boiled yam and Egusi soup

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

Boiled yam and Egusi soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Boiled yam and Egusi soup is something which I have loved my entire life.

Add two packs of Sympli Yam Cubes and leave to boil for seven minutes. When yam is cooked, scoop into a food processor or a wooden mortar. Peel,wash and boil yam till its well cooked, pound, mold into balls and set aside. Preheat palm oil add blended pepper, ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes stir fry.

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

The ingredients needed to make Boiled yam and Egusi soup:
  1. Get Yam
  2. Make ready Egusi ~1cup
  3. Take Minch meat
  4. Get Cryfish
  5. Make ready Seasonings ~5cubes
  6. Prepare Palm oil ~2cooking
  7. Prepare Onion and pepper
  8. Make ready Pinch salt
  9. Prepare leaf Ugu

Egusi soup served with pounded yam is one of the best meals any Igbo person will be grateful to eat. And once again, yam in Igbo language is called "ji". Annually, yam is celebrated by Igbo people; the celebration which is known as "iri ji" or "new yam festival", this is to show the importance of yam to Igbo land. This recipe is not just brilliant, but very fitfam aware too.

Steps 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!

Annually, yam is celebrated by Igbo people; the celebration which is known as "iri ji" or "new yam festival", this is to show the importance of yam to Igbo land. This recipe is not just brilliant, but very fitfam aware too. You will be eating less yam, automatically cutting down the calories from eating it boiled or pounded, and you will also be saving yourself from the high calorific Egusi soup, because you will be consuming less soup. No brainer, slam dunk, all hail the New Nigerian Cookery. Time to get all traditional with one of my favourite Nigerian meals - iyan and egusi soup.

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