Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu
Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Bitter leaf soup, like most other Nigerian soups is named after the particular leaf which is used in Bitter Leaf Soup Preparation. Video On Making Bitterleaf Soup (Ofe. Bitterleaf Soup is the most traditional Igbo soup.

Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu:
  1. Get 4 servings
  2. Make ready 1 kg Goat meat
  3. Make ready 5 big Snails
  4. Get 5 bell pepper
  5. Take Crayfish
  6. Make ready 2 knorr seasoning cubes
  7. Get 5 Cocoyam
  8. Make ready Cow hide(kpomo)
  9. Prepare Stockfish
  10. Make ready Dry fish
  11. Take Palm oil
  12. Get Onion
  13. Make ready Perewinkle
  14. Prepare to taste Salt
  15. Take leaf Bitter
  16. Get Water

It is peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. Wash the Bitter leaves with hot water to get rid of as much bitterness as you can. There should be almost no hint of bitterness left in the leaves after washing. Flo shares a recipe for Bitterleaf Soup which thants Ofe Onugbu.

Instructions to make Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu:
  1. Boil your meat and stockfish. Spice it with your onion, knorr cubes and salt
  2. Wash ur snail, kpomo and periwinkle and set aside
  3. Also wash and boil your cocoyam. When it's tender, pound and set aside
  4. When the meat is well cooked, add your snails, kpomo, palm oil and required quantity of water, salt to taste and allow to boil
  5. Add the cocoyam paste and allow to boil for about 10 minutes to avoid lumps
  6. Add your bitter leaf n simmer for about 5 minutes after which your soup is ready
  7. Serve with eba, akpu, semo or pounded yam.

There's a new recipe to try out by All Nigerian Recipes on BN Cuisine. Flo shares a recipe for Bitterleaf Soup which is also called Ofe Onugbu in the eastern part of Nigerian. Hence Ofe onugbu is bitterleaf soup. The soup like most soups from the region has a meat / fish broth base and requires thickening which is done by adding pounded cocoyam paste (ede). The peculiar taste of the soup comes from the leaves used and the presence of Ogiri (fermented pumpkin.

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