Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, ofe owerri. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Ofe Owerri was made popular by an Igbo song that says that he who is not rich does not eat Ofe Owerri LOL. This is because several types of meat and fish are used when preparing Ofe Owerri. Ofe Owerri is regarded as the Igbo Soup that is exclusive to wealthy people.
Ofe Owerri is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Ofe Owerri is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ofe owerri using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe Owerri:
- Make ready Assorted meats, chicken, catfish, offal, stockfish, dried fish,
- Prepare 1 bit of uziza, ugu and ukazi leaves to get a handful, seasoning
- Make ready Palm oil, ogili, salt and pepper, cocoyam, water
- Prepare Bulgur wheat in place of semo
Ofe Owerri, is a delicious traditional soup from Owerri, Imo state(Eastern Nigeria). The one and only Ofe (Owerri) Owere. In the Igbo language beautiful women are usually likened to Ofe Owere as it is a thoroughly beautiful soup. Ofe Owerri translates to Owerri (Good) Soup, owerri being the capital of Imo State in the South-East corner of Nigeria.
Steps to make Ofe Owerri:
- Start by soaking your stockfish for around an hour. After that peel and cook your coco yam until it is very soft; then pound it in a mortar until the paste comes out smooth.
- Wash the meat or chicken very well before putting it in a pot; season it to your taste, add a little water and cook till almost soft and edible. Add the stockfish, dry fish. Wash your cat fish with ACV to kill any form of bacteria.
- When you have confirmed that your meat is done, you can add your washed cat fish and leave to cook for 4 minutes. Then you can add pepper, crayfish and palm oil.
- After about 2 minutes, add coco yam in bits and leave to dissolve. Put shredded leaves, ogili and salt to taste, stir and then leave to simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Bring down your pot of nutritious Ofe Owerri because it is ready for consumption. I prefer bulgur wheat as swallow… Enjoy!
You do not have to be from the part of the country to enjoy the soup, it's extremely. If you have never heard or tried Ofe Owerri (sometimes spelled as Ofe Owere), you are definitely in for a treat. Ofe Owerri, is a very popular traditional vegetable soup from the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria. "Ofe" means soup and "Owerri" is the capital of Imo state in South Eastern Nigeria, so as you can. Ofe owerri is a nutricious vegetable soup usually flavoured with aromatic oha and uziza leaves. It is called ofe owerri because it is an indigenous soup of the owerri people of Imo state.
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