Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, pounded yam & okro soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pounded Yam can be prepared by stirring yam flour in hot water but those who have eaten the one made from scratch with raw yams will tell you that the yam powder method does not do the pounded yam good justice. To prepare pounded yam from scratch, you simply cook white yam and pound the yam pieces with a mortar and pestle when done. 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 like Egusi, okra soup, Jute leaves soup (Ewedu), or Stewed Spinach (Efo Riro).
Pounded yam & okro soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Pounded yam & okro soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pounded yam & okro soup using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pounded yam & okro soup:
- Prepare Okro fingers (200naira worth)
- Take Black pepper
- Prepare 1 big ball of Onion
- Make ready Chicken (cooked)
- Get Goat meat (cooked)
- Get Crayfish
- Make ready Ogu leave
- Take 2 Smoked fish
- Take Dry fish
- Take 1 tuber of Yam
Pounded yam is usually made by pounding as the name implies but these days a lot of people found it very difficult to pound, so they decided to use the powdered version as a quick alternative. Pounded Yam is a popular African dish similar to mashed potatoes but heavier. Pounded Yam is very smooth and tasty. It is often eaten with vegetable soup.
Instructions to make Pounded yam & okro soup:
- Wash the okro & chop it into any shape of choice. Place pot on heat with meat & it's stock & allow to boil.
- Check the seasoning, now add palm oil, black pepper & washed crayfish & allow to cook
- Add chopped okro & washed/chopped leave at the same time. Add smoked fish in pieces, allow for 3 mins & turn off heat
- For pounded yam, peel a tuber of yam, wash & cut into preferred sizes. Place pot with water on heat. When it's hot add washed yam & ensure the water isn't drowning the yam.
- When yam is soft, wash mortar, put yam inside & pound or use a food processor if you have one. If it's too hard add a little hot water to your preferred consistency & serve as above… Enjoy!
Pounded yam is highly regarded than all other fufu. It tastes better and in agarian communities it is a symbol of wealth to have loads of yam in your barn. It could last six months or more by storing in a cool dry place, no need for refrigerating. Ogbono Soup and Pounded Yam from Scratch - A tasty and hearty Nigerian soup made from Ogbono seeds (bush mango seeds) added with pre-cooked meat. And paired with smooth, tasty and filling Pounded Yam for an extraordinary African meal experience!
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