Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu) is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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 recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu):
- Make ready leaf Already washed bitter
- Prepare Cocoyam (enough for thicken the soup)
- Make ready Palm oil
- Get Crayfish (grounded)
- Get Blended pepper
- Get leaf Uziza
- Take Stock fish
- Get Dry fish
- Get Beef
- Get Ogiri
- Prepare 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.
Steps 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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