Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, ukwa with bitterleaf. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
By fresh bitter leaves I mean bitter leaves that have NOT been washed and squeezed. Always add enough palm oil to make your Nigerian meals look appetizing. Cover and leave to simmer or till the leaves wilt but still green and the ukwa is ready to be served.
Ukwa with bitterleaf is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Ukwa with bitterleaf is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook ukwa with bitterleaf using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ukwa with bitterleaf:
- Get 2 cksp palmoil
- Get Salt
- Take 4 cups ukwa
- Get 3 fresh pepper
- Prepare 1 cube maggi
- Make ready Half teaspoon potash
Bitter Leaf has Latin name as Andrographis Paniculate Ness. It is efficacious as a medicine. This plant is thought to have come Bitter leaf included in Acanthaceae family. This plant grows wild in open places such as roadsides, in fields, on vacant land rather.
Instructions to make Ukwa with bitterleaf:
- Wash and pour ukwa in a sizeable pot
- Cook for like 45mins,as it is boiling add in the potash
- After the 45 mins sieve out the water,add Maggi,palmoil, salt, and the blended pepper to the already boiled ukwa and mix very well
- Wash the butter leaf very well with warm water and salt to remove the bitter taste
- Then add bitter leaf.cook for 2 mins.Food is ready
A little bitter leaf is usually stirred into it for effect. Ukwa is rich in protein and has a rich natural taste. This food is especially enjoyed by the senior citizens at the wedding especially the diabetic ones. Fufu can also go with Nigerian bitter leaf soup, this soup can be made into different recipes, the Igbo like to make this soup I tried to answer that question comprehensively with a simple recipe for Ukwa - African breadfruit. It is one of the popular Nigerian Igbo.
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