During Christmas and the New Year, a lot of people celebrate this season with elaborate meals that include both English and traditional dishes. I am from Nigeria, a tribe called Yoruba. Our decadent meal is pounded yam and egusi soup.
This is a very rich meal, and for average people, it is always prepared during this period. It is often said that this is a king meal, so having the opportunity to have a taste of it is always a great privilege. I will share the recipe and procedures in making it I don't have an image of me preparing it, but I will share a source image
Pounded yam
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Material needed
Tubers of yam
Cooking pot
Water
Kitchen knife
Mortar
Pestle
How to prepare it
STEP 1
Peel off the brown outer skin of the yam, slice, and rinse with clean water
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STEP 2
Cook the yam for fifteen to twenty minutes. Check if the yam is soft for pounding by checking with your fork. Select a few and put them inside the mortar, and then pound them with a pestle till they get smooth without lumps, which can easily mold into a ball.
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Egusi Soup (Melon soup)
Egusi is a West African (Yoruba tribe) soup rich in fat and essential nutrients. It is made from melon seed, obtained from the melon plant.
Ingredient
Egusi melon
Palm oil
Beef, dried fish, and crayfish
Spinach
Pepper
Onions
Season cube
Procedure
-Blend the pepper and onions together and add a little water
-get a clean pot, put it on the stove, add a little palm oil and heat it up
-Add your blended pepper and fry it for a few minutes
-Add the blended melon seed and leave it to cook for 2 minutes
-Add your proteins and season with spice.
-Leave it to cook for some 3 minutes
-add your spinach and leave it to steam for 2 minutes
-Serve it with your pounded yam
This is my response to LOH #161 we don't miss this delicacy every Christmas season.
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