Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ofe owerri… It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
OFE OWERRI.. is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. OFE OWERRI.. is something that I have loved my whole life.
Ofe Owerri was made popular by an Igbo song that says that he who is not rich does not eat Ofe Owerri LOL. This is because several types of meat and fish are used when preparing Ofe Owerri. Ofe Owerri is regarded as the Igbo Soup that is exclusive to wealthy people.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook ofe owerri.. using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make OFE OWERRI..:
- Make ready Palmoil(as you desire)
- Prepare Seasoning cubes(i used star maggi)
- Take Ede(the cocoyam igbo people use to thicken soup)
- Prepare Crayfish(a good amount of this)
- Make ready Ogiri(igbo dadawa)
- Take Onions(to season the meat)
- Get Uziza seed(used to season the meat)
- Make ready Goat meat(as you desire)
- Take Stock fish(good amount)
- Prepare Dry fishes (catfish,bonga fish,two spear headed fish)
- Make ready You can buy all from igbo women that sells soup things
- Make ready Salt
- Get 2 bunches Ugu leaves
- Make ready I bought 700 naiara worth of OKAZI LEAVES(i stay in ibadan)
- Take Okazi leaves should be of good amount (its mich)
- Prepare Cameroun pepper(or yellow pepper)
Ofe Owerri is a nutritious traditional soup;popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. Learn how to make this rich soup. Ofe Owerri, is a delicious traditional soup from Owerri, Imo state(Eastern Nigeria). Ofe Owerri, is a very popular traditional vegetable soup from the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria. "Ofe" means soup and "Owerri" is the capital of Imo state in South Eastern Nigeria, so as you can.
Steps to make OFE OWERRI..:
- Pound your uziza seed(in yoruba its called iyere)and onions or you can blend season your goat meat with it,add your washed stock fish,add maggi,salt, and boil.please cook your meat very well for easy chewing..oh my God..smiles.on the other hand wash the ede(the cocoyam its different from the cocoyam we eat) and boil it with the skin and let it get very soft such that when you press the skin the ede(cocoyam) will pop out once you get it Pound it to be very smooth,you can use a food processor.
- Wash the dry fishes and debone as much as you can,buy as mush dry fishes as you and stock fish it gives the soup a very good tastel.wash and set aside…………wash the ugu leaves and slice them,buy already sliced okazi leaves the woman cleaned the leaves before slicing so i did not wash…..but you can washing oooo…if u like……..blend cray fish and set aside.
- ONCE the goat meat is soft add some good amount of water,the water you will use in cooking the soup,allow the water to boil for like 5 to 7mins,now add you washed dry fishes,crayfish,,cameroun peppers or yellow pepper(this particular pepper has a very nice aroma in the soup,allow to boil for 5 mins,add palmoil,allow to boil for 5 mins,
- Now add the pounded ede(cocoyam) by scooping little like you do when frying akara..allow it to boil such that it will melt itself into the soup,add salt and taste if you neeed more seasoning you can add.Now add you ogiri (i used 200 naira worth of ogiri it gives it a good taste)…..if you see the soup is too thick,you can add water.o cook for 3 miss.you can now add your sliced ugu leaves anf okazi leaves,allow to boil for like3 to 5 mins..i love my leaves to be soft cause of my hubby.
- You can buy all these things from those local market where igbo women sell stock fish and the likes….this how the soup looks like.the ede cocoyam thickens soup so if the soup is too thick you can add some water to loosen it up a bit..not too much water..Gracias..enjoy
Ofe Owerri , which is usually prepared with two different vegetables namely Uziza and Ugu or Uziza and Ukazi, is a favourite of the Igbos from Imo State, South-eastern Nigeria. Ofe owerri is a nutricious vegetable soup usually flavoured with aromatic oha and uziza leaves. It is called ofe owerri because it is an indigenous soup of the owerri people of Imo state. If you have never heard or tried Ofe Owerri (sometimes spelled as Ofe Owere), you are definitely in for a treat. Well, Ofe Owerri is that soup and here's how to prepare the soup of kings.
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