Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. 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. Bitterleaf Soup is not bitter as implied by the name. Bitterleaf soup is one of the most traditional soups in Nigeria.
BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu):
- Prepare leaf Already washed bitter
- Prepare Cocoyam (enough for thicken the soup)
- Prepare Palm oil
- Take Crayfish (grounded)
- Make ready Blended pepper
- Take leaf Uziza
- Make ready Stock fish
- Take Dry fish
- Get Beef
- Take Ogiri
- Take Salt and Maggi
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.
Instructions to make BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu):
- Wash bitter leaf properly and cut them if too long and set aside
- Wash the beef, dry fish and stock fish and set aside
- Wash and cook the cocoyam until very soft then pound it smoothly and set aside
- Put the meat, stock fish in a pot and add water, seasoning cube, salt and crayfish put it on fire to boil until it well cook
- Once they are well cook add palm oil and dry fish and allow to cook for some time then add grinded pepper and the pounded cocoyam then cover and allow to boil for some time
- Wash and slice the uziza leaf. Add it in the pot also the ogiri. At this point add the bitter leaf and add more Maggi and salt (if necessary) and cook for like 10 minutes. Your bitter leaf soup is ready
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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