Soup
Ofe Nsala (White Soup)
About
A pale, peppery Igbo 'white soup' made with no palm oil, thickened with pounded yam and built on catfish or chicken. A classic restorative for new mothers.
Equipment
- Pot
- Mortar
- Sieve
Ingredients
Catfish or chicken700 g
Yam (for thickening)300 g
Ground crayfish2 tbsp
Utazi leaveshandful
Scent leaf (nchanwu)handful
Ground pepper1 tbsp
Ehu (calabash nutmeg) seeds4
Stock cubes3
Onion1
Saltto taste
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