Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bitterleaf soup - Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is very delicious and also comes third on my list of Nigerian popular soups. This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five different ways by different ethnic groups in Nigeria. It can also be refrigerated for a very long time.
Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu:
- Take 4 servings
- Get 1 kg Goat meat
- Get 5 big Snails
- Make ready 5 bell pepper
- Prepare Crayfish
- Get 2 knorr seasoning cubes
- Take 5 Cocoyam
- Take Cow hide(kpomo)
- Get Stockfish
- Take Dry fish
- Prepare Palm oil
- Make ready Onion
- Get Perewinkle
- Get to taste Salt
- Prepare leaf Bitter
- Get Water
How to Cook Bitter Leaf Soup [Video] Ofe Owerri How to Cook Soup with Cocoyam Flour as Thickener [Video] Try the low carb keto friendly Bitterleaf This is achieved by washing and squeezing the bitter leaves (and changing the water at intervals) till all traces of bitterness has been washed off. Bitter Leaf Soup, also known as Ofe Onugbu is a popular and delicious Nigerian soup. It is peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. Wash the Bitter leaves with hot water to get rid of as much bitterness as you can.
Steps to make Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu:
- Boil your meat and stockfish. Spice it with your onion, knorr cubes and salt
- Wash ur snail, kpomo and periwinkle and set aside
- Also wash and boil your cocoyam. When it's tender, pound and set aside
- When the meat is well cooked, add your snails, kpomo, palm oil and required quantity of water, salt to taste and allow to boil
- Add the cocoyam paste and allow to boil for about 10 minutes to avoid lumps
- Add your bitter leaf n simmer for about 5 minutes after which your soup is ready
- Serve with eba, akpu, semo or pounded yam.
There should be almost no hint of bitterness left in the leaves after washing. Hence Ofe onugbu is bitterleaf soup. The soup like most soups from the region has a meat / fish broth base and requires thickening which is done by adding pounded cocoyam paste (ede). The peculiar taste of the soup comes from the leaves used and the presence of Ogiri (fermented pumpkin. Bitter leaf Soup also known as (Ofe Onugbu / Obe efo Elewuro or Miyan shuwaka) is a delicious traditional Nigerian soup.
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