STEP BY STEP HOW TO PREPARED EGUSI AND POUNDED YAM

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This is recipe I used and how I make my egusi soup, a popular West Africa soup made with melon seeds.

1 cup blended onions
2 cups egusi melon seeds seeds ground 2 cup palm oil
2 teaspoons fresh une iru ( locust beans)
Salt( to taste )
Stock fish
1 cup water leaf (cut)
Bitter leaf (washed)
Paper

I blend egusi seeds and onions mixture and blend my paper set aside

Make the soup
in a pot, heat the palm oil on medium for a minute and then add the uune.

I slowly Add the stock and set on low heat to simmer scoop teaspoon size ball of the egusi paste mixture in to the stock. and I sure to keep ball shape. Leave to simmer for about 20to30 minutes so the ball cook through. I add paper to in to it.i put my fish and other bits which I like to use. Stir and put a lid on the pot and allow cook for 7to10 minutes till the leaves with add bitter leaf. Leave the lid of while the cooking finished for another 5to10 minutes stir check seasoning and adjust accordingly.

How I prepare my pounded yam
I peel off the back of the, yams,slice to size I want and start cooking with just 4 cups of waters .it

It Should be soft after cooking for 15to20 minutes I pound using a mortal and pestle.