Soup
Edo Black Soup
About
Benin City's dark, herb-heavy soup (omoebe) built from a blend of bitter and aromatic leaves ground fine, rich with assorted meat, fish and palm oil — a proud Edo speciality.
Equipment
- Heavy pot
- Blender
- Wooden spoon
- Bowl
Ingredients
Bitterleaf and scent leaf, washed3 cups
Uziza leaves1 cup
Assorted meat (beef, shaki, offal)600 g
Dried fish and stockfish, softened1½ cups
Red palm oil¾ cup
Ground crayfish3 tbsp
Blended pepper (scotch bonnet)2 tbsp
Ground rice or yam (thickener)2 tbsp
Stock cubes3
Saltto taste
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