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Ofe Owerri

All Nigerian Recipes
Servings 0

Equipment

  • Mortar and Pestle or Blender For the cocoyam

Ingredients
  

  • Assorted Fish, Dry fish, Stock fish, Assorted Meat, Beef, Snails, Cow skin (ponmo)
  • 10 corms medium cocoyams
  • ½ cup palm oil
  • ¼ cup ground crayfish
  • Habanero pepper (to your taste)
  • 4 small seasoning cubes
  • 1 medium bunch ugu (Nigerian pumpkin leaves)
  • 1 small bunch okazi (Afang leaves, Gnetum africanum)

Instructions
 

  • Set the boiled meat on the stove. Top tip: the quantity of liquid in the pot should be just a bit less than the level of the meat and fish (see the video below).
  • Add crayfish and the dry fish. Cover and leave to boil.
  • When it boils, add the palm oil and the cocoyam paste (in lumps). Cover and continue cooking on high heat.
  • Once the soup thickens, you can see the consistency in the video below, take off the undissolved cocoyam paste (if any).
  • Add the chopped peppers and the vegetables.
  • Cover and once it boils again, add salt if necessary.
  • Stir very well and transfer the soup to a cool container immediately so the veggies will remain green.
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