BITTER LEAF SOUP (OFE ONUGBU)
BITTER LEAF SOUP
Bitter leaf soup or ofe onugbu is one other well-liked Nigerian soup made with bitter leaves and cocoyam paste.
Ofe onugnu, a particular soups recognized to be from the Jap a part of Nigeria is much like the Camerounian Ndole.
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Components
Ogiri
Panla (Dry wire)
Habanero pepper
Cocoyam items
Seasoning cubes
Assorted meat (Intestines, ponmo, cow tail, and so on)
Floor crayfish
Palm oil
Bitter leaves
Salt to style
Dried fish
Smoked fish
Process
1. Convey the Bitter depart to boil for about 10 minutes.
Bear in mind, bitter leaf because the title implies could be very bitter so you will have to eliminate the bitterness.
You have to to scrub severally with contemporary clear water till you may now not style the bitterness. Chances are you’ll add some salt to scrub the leaves.
2. Boil assorted beef with salt, seasoning and onions. Depart your inventory with the meat.
3. Convey cocoyam to boil with pores and skin on until tender. Peel pores and skin off cocoyam and pound until you get a easy paste.
4. Place a pot of cooked assorted meat again on warmth; carry to boil for about 3-4 minutes on medium warmth. Add some water to the meat if wanted to attain the specified thickness of the way you need the soup to be.
5. Add smoked fish, dried fish, dried wire, habanero pepper, palm oil and crayfish.
6.Add ogiri (a very powerful a part of this dish, you may’t substitute it with every other factor.
7. Add salt to style. Proceed cooking until ogiri dissolves within the soup and also you must also have the ability to style it.
9. Add pounded cocoyam paste in bits to the soup, and don’t stir simply but. Cowl the pot with a lid and permit the cocoyam to dissolve within the soup.
As soon as that is achieved, stir collectively and examine for salt and seasoning
8. Add the washed bitter leaf to the soup, stir until nicely mixed. Cut back the warmth and permit soup to simmer for 4 minutes
9. Serve Bitter leaf soup with swallow of alternative. Get pleasure from