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| Ofe owerri |
Ofe Owerri , which is usually prepared with two different vegetables namely Uziza,Ugu and Ukazi, is a favourite of the Igbos from Imo State, South-eastern Nigeria.
This is a highly nutritious vegetable soup usually flavoured with aromaticUha leaves. An average owerri man is an ardent lover of this vegetable soup which literarily means Owerri soup.
The soup is one out of many soups eaten by the Igbos. Uziza helps a lot to prevent allergy and running nose. Those who do not eat hot spices can benefit a lot from the use of Uziza to prevent or cure their running nose
Cooking it is quite easy, read one!
Ingredient:
Assorted
meats (Your choice) (precooked)
Snails(optional)
(precooked)
stock fish
and smoked fish
¼ cup
grounded crayfish
A pinch
dried chili
2Tspns Achi
½ cup Uziza
leaves (fresh or dried)
¼ cup
cocoyam boiled and pounded
¼ cup palm
oil
Maggi and
salt to taste
Direction:
Combine the
meat, fish , snail and smoked fish in a pot. Add 2 cups of water. Set on medium
heat
Add the
maggi, salt , chilli and crayfish. Simmer for 15mins.
Add in the
pounded cocoyam. Cook for another 3 mins.
Adjust the
water at this point if need be.
Add in the
achi and uziza leaves. Cover for another 5 mins.
Add in the
palm oil, tatse for seasoning.
Cook for
about 3 mins more
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