Sunday, 11 October 2015
Ogbono Soup with okro
Sunday, October 11, 2015
There are various ways of cooking ogbono, i've a particular way of making mine, I love it mixed with okro and ugu because it gives it this thick and green look making it very appetising.
Let's get started
INGREDIENT
A milk of ogbono
Ugu
Okro
Beef,chicken or kpomo
Smoked fish
Seasoning cubes
Pepper
salt
Meat stock
Palmoil
METHOD
1. Pour your already grounded ogbono into the pot for cooking, add enough quantity of palm oil and stir
to dissolve the ogbono, on low heat, once that is
done,
2. Pour your Meat stock, beef or chicken,add your kpomo( kpomo is the skin hide of a cow or ram, every edible and gives your food some spice),pepper, grounded cray fish, already washed smoked fish, salt to taste and allow to cook
3. Wash the okro(for a milk cup of ogbono 50naira worth of okro is ok for it) grate it and keep aside also wash the ugu, soak in saline water for 5minutes and cut, then place aside
4. When the soup ingredient is properly mixed( i.e the ingredient don't appear seperate but mixed and combined, then you add the okro first stir properly, then add the ugu also stir and allow to simmer for 5minutes before bringing down
5. Serve with wheat meal, semovita or akpu( fufu) as shown in the picture below







