Recipe of Perfect OFE Ngbolodi NA Onugbu(waterleaf and Bitterleaf)Soup

Leon Lamb   26/07/2020 15:27

OFE Ngbolodi NA Onugbu(waterleaf and Bitterleaf)Soup
OFE Ngbolodi NA Onugbu(waterleaf and Bitterleaf)Soup

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ofe ngbolodi na onugbu(waterleaf and bitterleaf)soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

OFE Ngbolodi NA Onugbu(waterleaf and Bitterleaf)Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. OFE Ngbolodi NA Onugbu(waterleaf and Bitterleaf)Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook ofe ngbolodi na onugbu(waterleaf and bitterleaf)soup using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make OFE Ngbolodi NA Onugbu(waterleaf and Bitterleaf)Soup:
  1. Make ready 1 kg Sliced waterleaf
  2. Get 200 g Washed bitterleaf(soaked in water)
  3. Get 1 kg Beef
  4. Make ready 300 g Dried Fish
  5. Get Palm Oil 2cooking Spoon
  6. Prepare Ground Crayfish 3cooking Spoons
  7. Make ready 3 tbs Dry pepper
  8. Make ready Okpei 3pcs(mashed)
  9. Prepare Seasoning Cube 3
  10. Make ready Salt

The name is quite misleading in that a well prepared Bitterleaf Soup should not have even the slightest bitterness. This is achieved by washing and squeezing the bitter leaves (and changing. Hence Ofe onugbu is bitterleaf soup. 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).

Steps to make OFE Ngbolodi NA Onugbu(waterleaf and Bitterleaf)Soup:
  1. Wash beef,marinate for 30mins,cook with lil water, soak fish in hot water for 1min,remove from water and remove bones.
  2. Add to beef,add palmoil,crayfish,pepper, okpei,seasoning,cook for a min,add waterleaf,stir,cook for 1min,taste to adjust with salt, add bitter leaf last,stir,cook for 1min,viola!!!Ready to eat…

The peculiar taste of the soup comes from the leaves used and the presence of Ogiri (fermented pumpkin. Bunch of Bitter leaf (you can also purchase the already-washed shredded leaves). When the soup has thickened to your taste, you add bouillon cubes and salt according to your taste. Bitter Leaf Soup, also known as Ofe Onugbu is a popular and delicious Nigerian soup. It is peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria.

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