Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Hey foodies this recipe is a very simple method of making bitter leaf soup, below are the list of ingredients used for this soup. This is a simple home made recipe for making bitter leaf soup. Before the video I already washed and parboiled my bitter leaf, to help reduce the bitterness.

Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Bitter leaf soup aka ofe onugbu is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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. Make ready 4 servings
2. Make ready 1 kg Goat meat
3. Get 5 big Snails
4. Take 5 bell pepper
5. Get Crayfish
6. Prepare 2 knorr seasoning cubes
7. Make ready 5 Cocoyam
8. Get Cow hide(kpomo)
9. Take Stockfish
10. Make ready Dry fish
11. Get Palm oil
12. Prepare Onion
13. Get Perewinkle
14. Prepare to taste Salt
15. Make ready leaf Bitter
16. Get Water

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. If the bitter leaf is still bitter, wash and rinse well to avoid sand. Put it in a pot of water and salt and boil it.

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.

Bitterleaf soup (Ofe onugbu) is one of Nigeria's popular delicacy that's tasty and nutritious. You can't afford to leave out Bitter leaf soup out of your meal Bitter leaf soup is also popular amongst the Igbo tribe and also for its unique taste that can be denied. A lot of non-Igbos shy away from bitter leaf. Bitter leaf Soup also known as (Ofe Onugbu / Obe efo Elewuro or Miyan shuwaka) is a delicious traditional Nigerian soup. It is prepared with a The bitter leaves used for this soup ,are properly washed and squeezed ,until there is only a slight taste of bitterness left.

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