OGBONO SOUP

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Ogbono soup is no doubt one of Africa's finest delicacies, it is made from ground ogbono seeds and used as a thickener. One of the most fascinating things about this delicious soup is its slimy nature which enables the ogbono soup to go up, down and around a small ball of hand moulded eba/fufu  (swallow) ready to be swallowed. One can not also ignore how the use of assorted meats/fish and a selected vegetable of choice has made this meal a very special one.

WHAT YOU NEED
  1. One hand full of ground ogbono
  2. Half a cup of palm oil
  3. Two tablespoons of crayfish or more
  4. Assorted meats 
  5. Dry fish/stock fish/frozen fish/fresh fish
  6. one scotch bonnet
  7. Salt to taste
  8. Seasoning cubes to taste
  9. Half onion bulb (optional)
  10. Vegetable of choice ( spinach, hot leafs, bitter leafs or pumpkin leafs) 
HOW TO PREPARE
  1. Wash assorted meat and any fish of choice and put in a pot
  2. Add seasoning cubes, sliced onions, pepper and salt to the mixture above
  3. While meat/fish is boiling, pour the right quantity of palm oil into a pot and heat for 3-4 minutes.
  4. Put the ground ogbono seeds into the pot of hot palm oil and melt gradually 
  5. Check that meat/fish is ready after 20-25 minutes.
  6. Separate meat and fish from its stock and keep aside.
  7. Add some cray fish, seasoning cubes and pepper into the stock and leave to boil. Please, note that one may not need to add more salt at this stage, seasoning cubes may not be necessary too, because the meat/fish stock has these in it already, so only add a little if necessary.
  8. Add the melted ogbono as a thickener to the stock mixture and leave to continue boiling.
  9. Wash and cut fresh vegetable of your choice and add to the mixture.
  10. For dry vegetables, soak cut and dried up vegetable in a bowl of hot water for 10 minutes, drain the water out and add the soft vegetable to the soup.
  11. Finally, include the assorted meats and fish 
  12. Serve with a dish side of your choice, eba/ fufu/ pounded yam/ amala/ semo etc
SERVED PORTION OF OGBONO SOUP AND EBA

OGBONO SOUP, DRY FISH AND ASSORTED MEAT

A BOWL OF OGBONO SOUP, HOT LEAFS AND STOCKFISH








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