Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, ofe okazi with achara and egusi balls. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Ofe okazi with achara and egusi balls is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Ofe okazi with achara and egusi balls is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
See video below. Ósú is a binder for the molded egusi. It helps hold the balls together so that no matter how you stir the soup, the egusi balls will not disintegrate. Soak the stockfish and dry fish with cool or lukewarm water to soften.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have ofe okazi with achara and egusi balls using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe okazi with achara and egusi balls:
- Get Beef
- Get stockfish
- Make ready dryfish
- Make ready crayfish
- Make ready Achi (thickner)
- Prepare leaves okazi
- Get Palm oil
- Take to taste salt
- Prepare dry pepper
- Make ready Maggi (seasoning)
- Make ready Achara (bamboo stick)
Guys my mum originated from umuahia. She would always make this soup with achara and akpuruakpu mgbam (moulded egusi) with a toss of uziza. Ofe Okazi is the soup to try if you are looking to step out of your comfort zone with cooking. Some dishes I try once for the education and experience, and Pre made akpuruakpu mgbam - egusi balls.
Steps to make Ofe okazi with achara and egusi balls:
- Ground the egusi with little dry pepper only
- Mix the grounded egusi with warm water and knead
- Mould the egusi into little balls, and cook for 5-7mins in water
- Boil your meat and stockfish with seasonings,and crayfish
- Add your Palm oil, When your meat is ready One cooking spoonful is enough
- Add your Achi, be careful not to make it too thick, because it's not a thick soup neither is it watery Just in between.. 😂
- Then add your egusi balls
- Break your bamboo stick (achara) in small cuts with your hands, rinse with clean water and add to the pot
- Cook for 3-4mins
- Add your okazi leaves
- Stir together and cover for 5mins Because the leaves are usually hard
- Serve hot with fufu or garri
Learn how click HERE Okporoko - stock fish Dry fish - like azu mbasa or mangala Ground crayfish. Okazi Soup (Ukazi Soup) is the Igbo version of the Efik's Afang soup. Learn how to make it here. This simply means Okazi soup cooked with akpuruakpu Egusi, (in English Egusi balls) This is a. Ofe Achara is one of the most traditional Igbo recipes.
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