Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bitterleaf soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bitterleaf soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Bitterleaf soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
Bitterleaf Soup is not bitter as implied by the name. Find out how to cook this traditional soup The name is quite misleading in that a well prepared Bitterleaf Soup should not have even the slightest. 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.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have bitterleaf soup using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Bitterleaf soup:
- Make ready Bitterleaf
- Prepare Palm fruit/ Banga
- Make ready Ogiri
- Take Cocoyam
- Take Uziza seed
- Take Beef
- Get Shaki/cow stripes
- Take Cow intestines
- Get Stock fish
- Get Dry fish
- Prepare Dry pepper
- Take Seasoning
- Get Grounded crayfish
- Make ready Salt
See great recipes for Egusi and bitterleaf soup, Bitterleaf soup too! Bitter leaf Soup is peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. A lot of non-Igbos shy away from bitter leaf soup (Well, I did for the longest time) because they think that, true. Bitter leaf soup is popularly eaten by the Igbo speaking people of Eastern Nigeria, and The people of Cameroon.
Steps 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 😂😂😋😋😋
A lot of non-Igbos shy away from bitter leaf soup (Well, I did for the longest time) because they think that, true. 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 one of the most delicious soups in Nigeria. By the end of this article you would have learned how I made the delicious looking plate of bitterleaf soup below with.
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