How To Prepare Oha Soup..

Oha Soup

Oha soup(a.ka;Ora/Uha soup or Ofe Oha/uha/ Ora) is a delicious Soup recipe from the eastern part of Nigeria. It is one of those native Igbo soups that you taste and just can't forget.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 pieces of Cocoyam
• 1 - 2 handfuls of Oha/Ora leaves
• 2 wraps of Ogiri
• 2 pieces of ata rodo - scotch bonnet/habanero pepper
• 1 1/2 cooking spoons of palm oil
• Assorted meat
• 1 piece of Stock fish
• 1 piece of Smoked fish
• Uziza leaves for extra flavor - a few leaves or grind a couple of Uziza seeds Beef stock
• Stock cube
• Salt

METHOD 

• Season and boil your meats with the stock fish until tender.

• When you have a sizeable volume of stock that you think will cook the soup, 

• Add the blended ata rodo. 

• Put the cocoyam to boil with enough water. 

Note: do not add salt. 

• Wash and tear apart the smoked fish into bite sized portions Let it boil with the meats until the pepper dissolves thoroughly, turning the stock to a shade of orange then add palm oil. 

• Then add the wraps of Ogiri. Start with one wrap and let it dissolve. 

• Once the cocoyam is soft enough, take it off the heat, peel the skin and put in a small mortar to pound. 

• Pound the cocoyam until soft, smooth and creamy. 

• Add the cocoyam paste to the stock in balls and let it dissolve to thicken the soup 

• Add crayfish to the stock, which will thicken it further and give it flavour. 

• Then add the Oha leaves. Oha/Ora leaves are not to be chopped with a knife. 

• Give it a stir, add shredded smoked fish, lower the heat further and let it cook for a few minutes. Not too long though, so as to retain its color.