Bitterleaves 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] The bitter leave soup takes almost the same process as the making of Oha soup.
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.
Bitter Leaf soup is a robust West African soup, predominant in countries like Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana.
You can have Bitterleaves soup using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Bitterleaves soup
- You need of Bitterleaves.
- It's of Salt.
- It's of Seasoning.
- You need of Smoked fish.
- You need of Meat.
- It's of Cocoyam.
- Prepare of Garri.
- You need of Palmoil.
- It's of Crayfish.
- Prepare of Ogiri.
- It's of Pepper.
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. Ofe onufgbo is a low carb soup because the properties of the leaf serve as a body cleanser and help you to maintain your weight. You can cook it in three different ways, such as bitter leaf with egusi (melon seeds), bitter leaf with ede (coco-yam), bitter leaf with achi, bitter leaf with offor, and bitter leaf with ogbono. Bitter leaf Soup also known as (Ofe Onugbu / Obe efo Elewuro or Miyan shuwaka) is a delicious traditional Nigerian soup.
Bitterleaves soup step by step
- Cook the meat..
- Cook the cocoyam,blend.
- Make moulds of the cocoyam and add the boiling meat add palmoil,ogiri and continue boiling it will thinken..
- Grind in crayfish,pepper,salt,dryfish and seasoning..
- Wash the bitterleave and pour in stir and cook for 5minutes..
- Boil water pour in a bowl sprinkle in garri and stir eat with the bitterleaves soup..
It is prepared with a bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and although the name suggest that it is a bitter soup, that's not the case. Bitter leaf soup or ofe onugbu is another popular Nigerian soup made with bitter leaves and cocoyam paste. This delicious Nigerian soup is packed full of flavour, hearty and quite filling too. Ofe onugnu is similar to the Camerounian Ndole. Bitter leaf Soup Recipe A typical egusi soup comprises of the following ingredients: egusi, meat, fish, dried fish, stockfish, peppers, seasonings, onions, red palm oil, water and vegetables (for eg. bitter leaves, fluted pumpkin leaves or ugu, spinach).
