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Miyan Taushe

Northern Nigerian pumpkin and groundnut soup with meat, leafy greens, tomato-pepper base, dawadawa, and warm spices.

Country
Nigeria
Region
West Africa
Time
110 min
Serves
6
Level
medium
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Recipe overview

What to know before you cook

Miyan Taushe is a rich northern Nigerian soup where pumpkin softens into the pot and groundnut paste gives body. It is generous, nutty, lightly sweet, and built for tuwo.

What the dish tastes like

Northern Nigerian pumpkin and groundnut soup with meat, leafy greens, tomato-pepper base, dawadawa, and warm spices.

When to cook it

Best for weekend northern meals, guests, and cold evenings.. Plan on a medium cook and about 110 minutes total.

What to serve alongside it

Tuwo shinkafa, tuwo masara, rice, or couscous.

Regional lane

Northern Nigerian table. Hausa and northern dishes made with grains, rice swallows, dried spices, groundnut, baobab leaves, and street foods.

Chef watch-outs
  • Stopping the base before the pepper, onion, or spice edge has mellowed.
  • Thinning the pot before the body of the soup or stew has developed.
  • Overcooking the greens until the color and texture collapse.
How you know it is ready
  • The sauce should coat the spoon and taste rounded, not watery or raw.
  • Greens should be cooked through but still look alive and glossy.
  • The aroma should smell rounded rather than raw or sharp.
Pantry lane

palm oil, crayfish, iru or ogiri, scotch bonnet, melon seed

Chef board

Build the table around Miyan Taushe

Tuwo shinkafa, tuwo masara, rice, or couscous.

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Northern Nigerian table

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How to cook it

Step-by-step method

Keep the rhythm calm, watch the texture, and adjust seasoning at the end.

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4 steps 30 min prep 80 min cook 110 min total medium
1
Cook meat and pumpkin
Simmer meat with onion, salt, and water until nearly tender. Add pumpkin and cook until soft.
cook base 50:00
2
Add tomato pepper base
Stir in blended tomatoes and peppers, dawadawa, and dried pepper. Simmer until the raw tomato taste fades.
tomato simmer 20:00
3
Enrich with groundnut
Loosen groundnut paste with warm stock, then stir it into the soup and simmer gently.
Kitchen noteStir often because groundnut can catch at the bottom.
groundnut simmer 15:00
4
Finish with greens
Mash some pumpkin into the soup, add greens, and cook until just tender. Adjust salt.
greens finish 07:00

Some versions include sorrel leaves, spinach, yakuwa, or bitter greens. The groundnut level changes by household.

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