Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, bitter leaf soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bitter Leaf soup is a robust West African soup, predominant in countries like Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana. This dish is neither a soup nor sauce. How to prepare Bitterleaf Soup (Ofe Onugbu).
Bitter leaf soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Bitter leaf soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bitter leaf soup using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Bitter leaf soup:
- Take 2 cups cocoyams
- Prepare 1 cup washed bitter leaves
- Take 1 stock fish head
- Get 1/2 kilo of goatmeat
- Prepare 1 cup diced pomo
- Make ready 1 cup crayfish
- Take 2 wraps of ogiri isi
- Get 6 pieces fresh spicy yellow pepper
- Prepare 1 onion bulb
- Make ready 1 cup palm oil
- Prepare cubes Stock
- Prepare to taste Salt
Called Ofé Onugbo by the Igbos, the Cameroonians call it Ndolé. Bitter leaf Soup is peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. A lot of non-Igbos shy away from bitter leaf soup (Well, I did for the longest time) because they think that, true to it's name, it is a very. Bitter leaf Soup also known as (Ofe Onugbu / Obe efo Elewuro or Miyan shuwaka) is a delicious traditional Nigerian soup.
Steps to make Bitter leaf soup:
- Wash your goat meat. Soak the stock fish in hot water for 15 mins. Wash thoroughly and put in a pot with the goat meat. Add 2 stock cubes and half of the onion. Boil.
- Wash the cocoyam thoroughly, put in a pot, add water and boil till soft.
- Pound the cocoyam and set aside
- Wash the bitter leaf thoroughly and set aside
- Pound the pepper, remaining onion and crayfish.
- Once the goat meat and stock fish cook, add enough water for the soup then add the chopped pomo, pounded pepper mix, Salt, palm oil, ogiri and 1 stock cube
- Cover the pot and allow to cook till the palm oil mixes well with the stock.
- Add the pounded cocoyam, reduce heat, cover the pot and allow to cook.
- The soup will start to thicken. Add the washed bitter leaf taste for salt, cover and allow to simmer for about 10mins.
- Enjoy with swallow of choice
It is prepared with a bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and although the. Bitter leaf soup is one of the most delicious soups in Nigeria. See recipes for Egusi and bitterleaf soup, Bitterleaf soup too. Egusi with bitter leaf soup does not have to be difficult nor daunting to cook. When cooking a delicious soup such as this, I recommend that you gather the best ingredients you can lay your hands on.
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