Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu):
- Make ready 2 handfuls bitter leaf (you can buy the already washed one)
- Make ready 10 cocoyam (ede)
- Take Stock fish,crayfish,dry fish
- Make ready Meat of choice
- Prepare Palm oil, pepper, seasoning cubes, salt
- Prepare 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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