Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, ofe owerri… One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Ofe owerri simply means Owerri soup (soup indigenous to the people of Owerri). I used to think that I would never make another soup that would comfortably compete with the likes of nsala and oha but. Ofe Owerri was made popular by an Igbo song that says that he who is not rich does not eat Ofe Owerri LOL.
OFE OWERRI.. is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. OFE OWERRI.. is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ofe owerri.. using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make OFE OWERRI..:
- Take Palmoil(as you desire)
- Take Seasoning cubes(i used star maggi)
- Prepare Ede(the cocoyam igbo people use to thicken soup)
- Get Crayfish(a good amount of this)
- Get Ogiri(igbo dadawa)
- Get Onions(to season the meat)
- Prepare Uziza seed(used to season the meat)
- Make ready Goat meat(as you desire)
- Make ready Stock fish(good amount)
- Make ready Dry fishes (catfish,bonga fish,two spear headed fish)
- Take You can buy all from igbo women that sells soup things
- Take Salt
- Prepare 2 bunches Ugu leaves
- Prepare I bought 700 naiara worth of OKAZI LEAVES(i stay in ibadan)
- Take Okazi leaves should be of good amount (its mich)
- Get Cameroun pepper(or yellow pepper)
Ofe Owerri translates to Owerri (Good) Soup, owerri being the capital of Imo State in the South-East corner of Nigeria. You do not have to be from the part of the country to enjoy the soup, it's extremely. Ofe Owerri is a nutritious traditional soup;popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. Learn how to make this rich soup.
Instructions to make OFE OWERRI..:
- Pound your uziza seed(in yoruba its called iyere)and onions or you can blend season your goat meat with it,add your washed stock fish,add maggi,salt, and boil.please cook your meat very well for easy chewing..oh my God..smiles.on the other hand wash the ede(the cocoyam its different from the cocoyam we eat) and boil it with the skin and let it get very soft such that when you press the skin the ede(cocoyam) will pop out once you get it Pound it to be very smooth,you can use a food processor.
- Wash the dry fishes and debone as much as you can,buy as mush dry fishes as you and stock fish it gives the soup a very good tastel.wash and set aside…………wash the ugu leaves and slice them,buy already sliced okazi leaves the woman cleaned the leaves before slicing so i did not wash…..but you can washing oooo…if u like……..blend cray fish and set aside.
- ONCE the goat meat is soft add some good amount of water,the water you will use in cooking the soup,allow the water to boil for like 5 to 7mins,now add you washed dry fishes,crayfish,,cameroun peppers or yellow pepper(this particular pepper has a very nice aroma in the soup,allow to boil for 5 mins,add palmoil,allow to boil for 5 mins,
- Now add the pounded ede(cocoyam) by scooping little like you do when frying akara..allow it to boil such that it will melt itself into the soup,add salt and taste if you neeed more seasoning you can add.Now add you ogiri (i used 200 naira worth of ogiri it gives it a good taste)…..if you see the soup is too thick,you can add water.o cook for 3 miss.you can now add your sliced ugu leaves anf okazi leaves,allow to boil for like3 to 5 mins..i love my leaves to be soft cause of my hubby.
- You can buy all these things from those local market where igbo women sell stock fish and the likes….this how the soup looks like.the ede cocoyam thickens soup so if the soup is too thick you can add some water to loosen it up a bit..not too much water..Gracias..enjoy1.
Before cooking Ofe Owerri ** Wash and shred the vegetables and leave to strain in a. Ofe owerri is a tasty Nigerian soup which is native to Igbos from Imo State, Eastern Nigeria especially those from owerri which is the state capital. In english, ofe owerri means Owerri soup. Ofe owerri is a nutricious vegetable soup usually flavoured with aromatic oha and uziza leaves. It is called ofe owerri because it is an indigenous soup of the owerri people of Imo state.
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