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Good day friends, i will explain how to prepare a very nutritious soup called Bitterleaf soup – Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is exceptionally tasty and furthermore comes third on my rundown of Nigerian well known soups.
This soup is well known since it could be made in excess of five unique ways by various ethnic gatherings in Nigeria. It can likewise be refrigerated for quite a while (despite the fact that I suggest fourteen days all things considered for most Naija soups)
Here is a manual for making the much discussed "ofe onugbu". This soup can be made with either egusi (melon seeds), ede (cocoa sweet potato), ofor, achi or even ogbono.
Truly, we made the ogbono soup video with severe leaves. In any case, the most famous of them everything is the cocoa sweet potato and unpleasant leaves mix – what we have underneath.
Instructions to plan Bitterleaf Soup (Ofe Onugbu)
Harsh leaf soup, as most other Nigerian soups is named after the specific leaf which is utilized in setting it up.
Obviously, you have to wash this leaf to evacuate in any event 90% of the unpleasant taste, to make sure you don't wind up with a harsh soup.
The fixings recorded beneath would make enough soup for 12 individuals.
You are allowed to build the size of the fixings in the event that you need to serve a bigger number of individuals.
You can likewise refrigerate the rest of case you have a littler family.
Items needed For making Bitterleaf Soup
2kg cow head (meat)
Bitter leaf (wash well)
Half cup of ground Crayfish
Maggi or knorr flavoring (3 solid shapes
Ogiri (a result of castor seeds)(optional)
Dry fish (2 medium sizes)
Stock fish head (1 major size)
Palm oil (about 25cl)
Salt and pepper to taste.
Cocoa-yam (pounded)
Half cup ofor (Alternative tickener)
Cocoyam
The bitter leaf soup takes nearly a similar procedure as the creation of Oha soup.
Truly, one pot of soup could be concocted to the point of including the leaves then you separate it to add Oha to one and bitter leaf to the next.
It is better and increasingly sterile to wash the leaves yourself, it is a touch of tedious however the outcome merits the exertion.
This is conceivable in the event that you live in Nigeria and can discover them in your nursery. Be that as it may, you can likewise get the "effectively made" from any market in Nigeria.
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BITTER LEAF SOUP PREPARATION
Stage 1
To mollify the leaves and further evacuate the harsh taste, it is fitting to bubble alone in normal water for 10 to 15 minutes, many people like to include a little amount of eatable potash to hurry this procedure however I exceptionally exhort against it.
My explanation being that this impetus (potash) will in general influence the whole soup in a somewhat negative manner.
On the off chance that you despite everything need to include potash, it will totally wash off the unpleasant taste and relax the leaves in under 3 minutes of heating up (the explanation a great many people like utilizing it).
However, at that point you would need to bubble again alone and wash completely with simply water to evacuate each hint of the potash.
Stage 2
Parboil meat with each important fixing, utilize 2 flavoring 3D shapes, a teaspoon of salt and a large portion of some onions. Permit to bubble for 10 minutes at that point include water and cook till the meat is delicate.
Stage 3
Include the (high temp water) washed dry fish, stockfish and cook until it is delicate, include more water at that point include palm oil, ground crawfish, pepper, maggi flavoring, salt and pepper to taste. Mix and permit to bubble.
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Now, it should give a decent soupy taste (despite the fact that it would be watery).
Stage 4
At that point include the beat cocoa sweet potato as you can discover in the video beneath (now you can include the ground egusi in the event that you decide to make severe leaf soup with egusi), likewise include the ogiri now.
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Cook till the coco yam breaks up, (this would almost certainly take around ten minutes). You could include a teaspoon of ofor, if the soup isn't sufficiently thick.
Stage 5
At that point include the bitter leaf, mix, taste, add salt to taste, cook for three to two minutes and you are finished with the cooking of Nigerian Bitter Leaf Soup (Ofe Onugbu).
Any of these five solid food can go with it – Eba, Fufu, Semo, Wheat or pounded yam.
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