Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bitterleaf soup my way. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Bitterleaf soup - Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is very delicious and also comes third on my list of Nigerian popular soups. This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five different ways by different ethnic groups in Nigeria. It can also be refrigerated for a very long time.

Bitterleaf soup my way is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Bitterleaf soup my way is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook bitterleaf soup my way using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Bitterleaf soup my way:

1. Get Bitterleaves
2. Make ready Banga/palm fruit
3. Take Cow tail
4. Prepare Dry fish
5. Prepare Stock fish
6. Get Cocoyam for thickening or you can use achi or ofor
7. Prepare Ogiri
8. Get Dry pepper
9. Make ready Uziza seed
10. Take Onions
11. Prepare 3 knorr cubes
12. Take Crayfish
13. Get to taste Salt

Find out how to cook this traditional soup recipe. Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. Bitterleaf soup is a healthy and nutricious dish. She personally requested that I make her Bitterleaf soup the way I had made the one she are the last time she visited 😂😂as a big bro concern and a chef, I" ku.

Instructions to make Bitterleaf soup my way:

1. Before you cook your Bitterleaf - - Make sure that the bitter leaves are well washed, such that there is no trace of bitterness left. If not, wash and squeeze it more. If the bitterness cannot be completely washed off (which is usually the case with most washed bitter leaves sold in the market), boil it for about 15 minutes and wash in cold water.
2. Boil the cow tail till it's soft to chew, add your stock fish and dry fish cook till they are well done, add three knorr cubes Then set aside
3. Wash and cook the cocoyam till soft. Remove the peels and use a mortar and pestle to pound the corms together with your uziza seedto a smooth paste
4. Boil the palm fruit for 20 to 30 minutes, pound with a mortar and pestle, transfer into a bowl, add water and extract the juice using a sieve
5. 5. Boil the juice for about 15 minutes till it becomes thick.
6. Add the dried fish, stock fish,grounded crayfish mix, precooked meat, ground pepper and salt, Cocoyam in small lumps and ogiri to taste.
7. Cover the pot and leave to cook on high heat till all the cocoyam lumps have dissolved. You can add more water if you feel that the soup is too thick.
8. Add your Bitterleaves, cover and allow to cook for about 3mins. Stir together and your soup is ready.
9. NB : If you are outside Nigeria, you can use dried, washed and squeezed bitter leaves but you need to first of all make the bitter leaves soft and fresh again before adding them to the soup. - - If you cannot buy cocoyam corms where you live, you can use cocoyam flour. An alternative to cocoyam flour is potato flour

How Bitter Leaf is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. See recipes for Egusi and bitterleaf soup, Bitterleaf soup too. Bitter leaf plant is botanically known as Vernonia amygdalina , in Hausa the plant is known as shakwa or shuwaka, in Igbo language Bitter leaf is an important component of many local cuisine especially in the tropics where it is used in the preparation of bitter soups. Bitter Leaf Soup, also known as Ofe Onugbu is a popular and delicious Nigerian soup. Wash the Bitter leaves with hot water to get rid of as much bitterness as you can.

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