Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, bitter leaf soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Bitterleaf Soup Bitterleaf soup is one of the most traditional soups in Nigeria. It is native to the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria and most Igbos will tell you that this is their favourite soup in the world. How to Cook Bitter Leaf Soup [Video] Bitter Leaf soup is a robust West African soup, predominant in countries like Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana. This dish is neither a soup nor sauce, but something in between - a slightly soupy vegetable that is served to accompany starchy food like fufu.
Bitter leaf soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Bitter leaf soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bitter leaf soup using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Bitter leaf soup:
- Make ready Already washed Bitter leaf 1 full cup
- Make ready Coco yam (enough to thicken your soup)
- Make ready Palm oil half cup
- Take 1 cup Crayfish
- Make ready Fresh pepper
- Prepare Dryfish
- Prepare Stock fish
- Get Cow tail
- Prepare Cow beef
- Make ready Salt
- Get cubes Maggi
- Make ready Onions
- Take Ogiri
Our recipe this week is Bitter Leaf Soup popularly known as "Ofe Onugbu" in Eastern Nigeria. Contrary to it's name, it is a delicious recipe that has its nutritional benefits to our bodies. Bitter leaf regulates blood sugar levels and repairs impaired pancreas. Bitter leaf soup, like most other Nigerian soups is named after the particular leaf which is used in preparing it.
Steps to make Bitter leaf soup:
- Wash bitter leaf properly and cut them if too long for you. Set aside
- Wash dry fish, stockfish,cow tail, cow beef properly and set aside.
- Pound onion and crayfish together and also set aside
- Wash and boil your cocoyam until very tender then pound smoothly and also set aside.
- Put the cow tail, stock fish and beef in a pot, add water,salt, 2 maggi cubes and chopped onions and put on fire to boil until tender
- Once they are tender, you add the dry fish and allow for 2 minutes then add your grinded crayfish and pepper, add the grinded cocoyam and palmoil then cover and allow to boil for 5 minutes
- Add the bitter leaf and more maggi and salt(If necessary) and leave for another 10 mins. Your bitter leaf soup is ready to be served.
Bitter leaf regulates blood sugar levels and repairs impaired pancreas. Bitter leaf soup, like most other Nigerian soups is named after the particular leaf which is used in preparing it. But of course, you need to wash this leaf to remove at least ninety percent of the bitter taste, just so you don't end up with a very bitter soup. Add remaining seasoning cubes, crayfish, ground pepper, dry fish, stock fish and salt. Ndolé (or N'Dolé, or Ndole) is a hearty soup from Cameroon.
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