The Ofe Onugbu recipe.

 Ofe Onugbu

Bitter leaf soup is also known as Ofe Onugbu. It`s a favorite dish for a lot of Nigerians. Today you will learn how to prepare Nigerian bitter leaf soup. 
Ingredients

• 3 handfuls Bitter leaf
• 1 cooking spoon Cocoyam
• 1 tsp. Ogiri
• 600g Red Beef
• 500g Assorted meat:
• Tripe, Ponmo
• 1 Cup Periwinkles (Isam) - Optional
• Stock fish/ Dry Fish
• 1 Red scotch bonnet pepper - diced
• 2 cooking spoon Palm oil
• 1 cooking spoon Crayfish
• 2 Seasoning cubes
• Salt to taste

Directions
step 1

• The first thing to do is to wash the bitter leaf by hand thoroughly to remove the bitter taste. A shortcut to this would be to place it in a pot and boil for 10mins. While doing this, make sure the pot is left uncovered otherwise it'd bubble out. Once you're done boiling, strain with a sieve and rinse severally with cold water. Squeeze off excess water - Set Aside.

Step 2

• Place the Washed beef, assorted meat, Periwinkles (Isam), Stock fish/ Dry Fish, pepper in a medium sized pot, add some salt and boil with little water for 15 mins.

• Pour some more water just enough to cover the content of the pot.

• Check for salt and add more if necessary, add the crushed seasoning and ogiri into the pot and mix.

• Leave to boil for 5mins till the liquid in the pot starts to bubble.

• Gently add the Cocoyam paste, leave to dissolve in the bubbling liquid. 

Note: Remember, the cocoyam being used is the non-edible type that draws and not the edible type that can be boiled and eaten like yam. As it boils, it'd begin to thicken. 

• Add the palm oil and Crayfish - Leave to thicken

• Gently add the washed bitterleaf and mix to incorporate. 

• Leave to boil further for 10mins more before turning off the burner. Serve hot with your favorite swallow

• Enjoy..