Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) is something that I have loved my whole life.
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. Bitterleaf Soup is not bitter as implied by the name. Bitterleaf soup is one of the most traditional soups in Nigeria.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu):
- Get 2 handfuls bitter leaf (you can buy the already washed one)
- Get 10 cocoyam (ede)
- Get Stock fish,crayfish,dry fish
- Prepare Meat of choice
- Take Palm oil, pepper, seasoning cubes, salt
- Make ready Ogili
Home for a couple of days and decided to make bitter leaf soup a.k.a. 'ofe onugbu'. Enjoy the recipe and don't forget to check out my website. Bitter leaf soup is a soup prepared with the freshly squeezed or dried leaves of the ever green plant called Vernonia amygdaline. Bitter leaf soup is popularly eaten by the Igbo speaking people of Eastern Nigeria, and The people of Cameroon.
Steps to make Bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu):
- Wash stock fish,debone dried fish, pound or blend pepper, crayfish and set aside
- Wash bitter leaf thoroughly to remove the bitterness and dirt
- Cook cocoyam until it's tender
- Cook meat and stock fish with seasoning cubes and a little salt
- When meat is done,add your already cleanly washed bitter leave,cocoyam and red oil, mix,cover and allow to cook for 15mins
- By now the mixture has blended,add pepper and crayfish, seasoning cubes and almighty ogili, allow to cook for another 15 minutes so that all ingredients can blend well
- Turn down heat and serve with Akpu,pounded yam or any other swallow of choice
Called Ofé Onugbo by the Igbos, the Cameroonians. 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. There should be almost no hint of bitterness left in the leaves after washing.
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