Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, bitterleaf soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bitterleaf soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Bitterleaf soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
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. Bitterleaf Soup is not bitter as implied by the name. Find out how to cook this traditional soup recipe.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bitterleaf soup using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bitterleaf soup:
- Take Bitterleaf
- Take Palm fruit/ Banga
- Make ready Ogiri
- Get Cocoyam
- Make ready Uziza seed
- Take Beef
- Get Shaki/cow stripes
- Prepare Cow intestines
- Take Stock fish
- Get Dry fish
- Get Dry pepper
- Prepare cubes Seasoning
- Make ready Grounded crayfish
- Prepare to taste Salt
Delicious Bitterleaf Soup ( Ofe Onuegbu). This is a delicious Nigerian delicacy made with a special Notes. To process the bitter leaf: Wash the bitterleaf thoroughly with lots of water to remove sand. See great recipes for Egusi and bitterleaf soup, Bitterleaf soup too!
Instructions to make Bitterleaf soup:
- Season your meat with salt, season cubes and pepper and cook till tender. Then add your stock fish and dry fish. Cook for another 5mins.
- Wash your palm fruits and Cocoyam. Set on fire and leave to cook till tender
- Pound your palm fruits. Add some and sieve to get the juice.
- Then use your hand the peel off the back of the Cocoyam and pound together with your uziza seed.
- Set your palm fruit juice on fire. Leave to simmer for about 20mins. Then add your precooked meat with your stock fish and dry fish. Then immediately add your ogiri and bring to boil.
- Cut your Cocoyam into lumps and add to the soup and cover for the Cocoyam to dissolve.
- Now add your Bitterleaf and stir together. Then add your grounded crayfish, stir together and your soup is ready
- Enjoy your soup with any swallow of your choice. For me the best sallow for this soup is Akpu/fufu 😂😂😋😋😋
To process the bitter leaf: Wash the bitterleaf thoroughly with lots of water to remove sand. See great recipes for Egusi and bitterleaf soup, Bitterleaf soup too! Bitter leaf soup is popularly eaten by the Igbo speaking people of Eastern Nigeria, and The people of Cameroon. Called Ofé Onugbo by the Igbos, the Cameroonians call it Ndolé. Bitter leaf Soup is peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria.
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