Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, ofe oha. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Oha Soup, popularly referred to as Ofe Oha by the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria is an absolutely delicious traditional soup recipe. Nigerian Oha soup recipe- Igbo traditional soup recipe made with a thickner such as Ofor, COCOYAM, Achi etc. Oha soup known as ofe oha is a soup native to the Eastern people of Nigeria.
Ofe Oha is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Ofe Oha is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ofe oha using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe Oha:
- Prepare Cocoa yam
- Get Palm kernel
- Prepare Oha
- Get Oziza
- Prepare Ogiri
- Make ready Seasoning
- Get Yellow pepper
- Get Crayfish
- Prepare Stockfish
- Make ready Beef or goat meat can be used
- Prepare Dryfish
It is one of those native Igbo soups that you taste and just can't forget. Ofe Oha - Ingredients & Preparation. Oha Soup is a native meal for the South Eastern part of Nigeria, Though also called Ora by some southern people. Oha soup or Ora soup is another popular delicacy from the eastern part of Nigeria.
Instructions to make Ofe Oha:
- Wash and boil cocoyam with skin
- Wash and boil the palm kernel till soft.
- Pound in a mortar and wash to extract juice using lukewarm water.
- Boil the meat, stockfish, with salt, seasoning cube, gatlic and 4pieces of yellow pepper.until water dries. Add the extracted juice and allow to boil.
- Peel the skin of the cocoa yams, pound or blend but ensure you add some drops of oil to make it easy cos it can be very sticky.
- Add the pounded cocoyam paste and allow to boil.
- Remove the oha from the stick, use your hands to pieces it to desired size. Wash and slice the oziza leaves.
- Dissolve the ogiri in a little water, add to the pot and stir. Add pepper, crayfish and the oziza leaves. Taste for salt, add the oha stir and allow to simmer for 2mins.
- Please note the cocoyam is a thickener so it should it be too thick. You can add water if need be.
- Served with akpu.
Preparation of this soup is similar to bitterleaf soup ( Ofe Onugbu ) with difference being the leaves used. Ofe ọha so n'ofe eji mara ndị Igbo ndị ala ọzọ na-anaghị esi ma ọ bụghị na ha mụtara ya n'aka ndị Ụfọdụ ndị Igbo kwenyere na ọ bụrụ na Ị bụ onye Igbo ma Ị ribeghị ofe ọha, ị maghị ihe na-atụ ndụ. Meaning, translation and how to say, Ofe oha in Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba, English Ofe Oha is a special delicacy for Igbo man and indeed all Nigerians. Oha soup is definitely going to make the list of Nigerian popular soups.
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