HOW TO MAKE OGBONO SOUP SO TASTY WITH THESE SIX (6) EASY STEPS

INTRODUCTION

Ogbono soup is an African delicacy in which the ogbono seeds are used as thickener for the soup. This makes the soup slimy and tasty.

The secret of a tasty ogbono soup is in the quantity of crayfish or prawn used and the freshness of your ingredients, particularly periwinkle, meat, fish, stockfish and cowskin (kanda or kpomor).
I employ you to try this process for a great experience with this amazing African dish.

INGREDIENTS

1. Bouillon cube (star maggi 5)
2. Salt (a tablespoon)
3. Onions (2 medium bulbs)
4. Fresh red bell pepper (8 medium size)
5. Meat (I'll be using beef)
6. Fish (smoked or dried)
7. Stockfish (medium sized)
8. Cowskin (kanda or kpomor)
9. Periwinkle (unshelled)
10. Crayfish or prawn 150g
11. Palm oil (20cl)
12. Bitterleaf (washed)
13. Ogbono seeds (250g)
14. Water (80 to 100cl)

PROCESSES

pre-cooking

1. Blend your ogbono seed with your dry blender
2. Blend your prawn or crayfish
3. Blend your fresh red bell pepper
4. Clean and chop your cowskin to your desired shape
5. Debone your fish, wash with boiled water, then with running tap water
6. Boil your stockfish for 30 minutes, then wash with running water
7. Wash your periwinkle, Bitterleaf and meat
8. Chop or slice your onions

cooking

1. Steam your meat by adding all the bouillon cubes, pepper, onions, salt as mentioned in the ingredients section. Allow to cook for 30 minutes.
   

2. Add and stir your processed cowskin, periwinkle, stockfish, fish and crayfish or prawn and allow to boil with the steamed meat for another 10 minutes.
   

3. Add and stir your palm oil. Allow to boil for 10 minutes

4. Add your water and allow to boil for another 10 minutes

5. Add your blended ogbono seeds and stir. Allow to boil for 8 minutes.

6. Put off your flame and add your washed Bitterleaf.

SERVE

NUTRITIONAL FACTS

It is known that there is a prevelence of anemia among women of reproductive age. This is majorly due to the monthly loss of blood through their cycles.
Eating right could help curtail this condition and sea foods such as crayfish and periwinkle are rich in iron which is an essential mineral for the formation of red cells