Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ofe owerri… It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Ofe Owerri was made popular by an Igbo song that says that he who is not rich does not eat Ofe Owerri LOL. This is because several types of meat and fish are used when preparing Ofe Owerri. Ofe Owerri is regarded as the Igbo Soup that is exclusive to wealthy people.
OFE OWERRI.. is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. OFE OWERRI.. is something which I have loved my whole life.
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 can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make OFE OWERRI..:
- Prepare Palmoil(as you desire)
- Get Seasoning cubes(i used star maggi)
- Take Ede(the cocoyam igbo people use to thicken soup)
- Prepare Crayfish(a good amount of this)
- Prepare Ogiri(igbo dadawa)
- Prepare Onions(to season the meat)
- Prepare Uziza seed(used to season the meat)
- Get Goat meat(as you desire)
- Take Stock fish(good amount)
- Get Dry fishes (catfish,bonga fish,two spear headed fish)
- Take You can buy all from igbo women that sells soup things
- Make ready Salt
- Get 2 bunches Ugu leaves
- Take I bought 700 naiara worth of OKAZI LEAVES(i stay in ibadan)
- Take Okazi leaves should be of good amount (its mich)
- Prepare Cameroun pepper(or yellow pepper)
Ofe Owerri is a nutritious traditional soup;popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. Learn how to make this rich soup. Ofe Owerri, is a delicious traditional soup from Owerri, Imo state(Eastern Nigeria). Ofe owerri is a nutricious vegetable soup usually flavoured with aromatic oha and uziza leaves.
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..enjoy
It is called ofe owerri because it is an indigenous soup of the owerri people of Imo state. Ofe Owerri , which is usually prepared with two different vegetables namely Uziza and Ugu or Uziza and Ukazi, is a favourite of the Igbos from Imo State, South-eastern Nigeria. Ofe Owerri, is a very popular traditional vegetable soup from the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria. "Ofe" means soup and "Owerri" is the capital of Imo state in South Eastern Nigeria, so as you can. Ofe Owerri which means Owerri soup is peculiar to the people of Owerri, the capital of Imo state. What makes this soup are the leaves used which are ugu and okazie, although some people add uziza or.
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