Soup
Ofe Owerri

Ofe Owerri

Igbo

115Minutes
HardLevel
6Serves
9Steps
About

The prestige soup of Imo State — an expensive, richly-loaded Igbo soup of ugu and okazi leaves thickened with cocoyam, never with the cheap fillers other soups allow.

Equipment
  • Large pot
  • Mortar & pestle
  • Sieve
  • Wooden spoon
Ingredients
Assorted meat (beef, shaki, kpomo)700 g
Stockfish head1
Dried fish2 pieces
Cocoyam corms8
Palm oil1½ cups
Ugu (pumpkin) leaves, sliced3 cups
Okazi (ukazi) leaves, finely sliced2 cups
Ground crayfish3 tbsp
Ogiri Igbo1 tbsp
Fresh pepper, blended2 tbsp
Periwinkle (optional)1 cup
Stock cubes3
Saltto taste

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