Ogbono is a typical African soup, which is very nutritious and is the toast of the young and old writes OLOLADE ALABI.
OGBONO soup is one of the soups in Nigeria that cut across ethnic lines. Among the Yoruba it is called apon. It is made from a local seed called Ogbono seed (ooro in Yoruba). Most people love to eat ogbono with solid foods like eba, fufu, Akpu and so on.
Ingredients for Ogbono soup
-meat of choice [Beef, Chicken, Turkey or Assorted meat]
-1 cup of Ogbonoseeds
-stock fish head
-2 medium size dry fish
-1 cup of crayfish
-fluted pumpkin
-1 teaspoon of Ogiri or ground Bawa pepper
-10cl to 15cl of palm oil
-1 litres of water.
– Maggi
– Salt and
pepper to
taste.
How to make Ogbonosoup
-Soak the dry fish and stock fish with hot water and wash thoroughly to remove sand and impurities.
-Parboil the meat the normal way, with all the necessary ingredients [Maggi, salt]
-Add water to the meat after about 10 minutes; cook till it is soft enough for consumption
-Add the washed dry fish and stock fish for about 10 to 150ml of palm oil, grounded crayfish, stir, cover and cook for 5-10 minutes.
– Add salt and pepper to taste, add a cube of maggi, add the grounded Ogbono seeds, stir and cook for 5 minutes.
-Add the vegetables; allow simmering for 3 minutes after adding the chopped fluted pumpkin leaves or bitter leaves.
-Allow to cook for 2 minutes.
-Serve, eat and enjoy your meal with Semovita, Eba, pounded yam Amala and Fufu.
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