Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, ofe onugbu (bitterleaf soup). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Bitterleaf Soup is the most traditional Igbo soup. Prepare it for that Igbo person in your life today. ;) Written recipe. 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.
Ofe Onugbu (Bitterleaf soup) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Ofe Onugbu (Bitterleaf soup) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have ofe onugbu (bitterleaf soup) using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe Onugbu (Bitterleaf soup):
- Prepare Goat meat
- Take Stock fish and smoked fish
- Prepare 2 tablespoon ground crayfish
- Take Freshly washed bitterleaf
- Get 5 small cocoyams
- Make ready Quarter bottle of palm oil
- Get Seasoning cubes and salt to taste
- Make ready Periwinkle
- Prepare Pepper
This version of bitter leaf soup, requires some special ingredients like ogiri, and a thickening agent usually boiled and pounded cocoyam, achi from the Delicious Bitterleaf Soup ( Ofe Onuegbu). This is a delicious Nigerian delicacy made with a special vegetable bitterleaf. 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).
Steps to make Ofe Onugbu (Bitterleaf soup):
- Wash and peel cocoyam. Put in a pot, add water and boil until thoroughly cooked. Remove from water and pound to paste in a mortar or process in a blender. Set aside
- Boil goat meat in pot till tender. Add smoked, dried fish and stock fish. Add seasoning cube, salt, crayfish, pepper and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add pounded cocoyam and palm oil. Stir well to dissolve cocoyam paste. Simmer for another 5 minutes. You can add more water if it is too thick.
- Add your periwinkle and washed bitterleaf. Simmer for another 5 minutes. Taste and adjust for seasoning.
- Your soup is ready. Serve with your choice of swallow, pounded yam, semovita, wheat, eBay.
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. It is prepared with a bitter leaf Here's a video recipe on How to Cook Bitter Leaf Soup and below is a detailed written recipe. Enjoy! *Food Note: Bitter leaf soup is known as "Ofe. My love for Onugbu soup knows no bounds.
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