Ofe Nsala AKA White Soup (Afia Afere)

Ofe Nsala, also known as "White Soup" is a very popular soup from eastern Nigeria. The "white soup name is derived from the fact that it uses no oil.

This soup can be quite spicy and its highly recommended for cold days and for new mothers. There is an efik version called afia efere, the difference is the spices used.

Its popularly cooked with catfish but since that is not a preferred fish in my home I'll be passing on that today. 

If you need something hot and spicy for your swallow, or just want to go off our regular oily soups for your swallow, this is a top choice for you!!!

INGREDIENTS

*Fresh sea food including Prawns and *Fish

*Assorted meat

*Ground crayfish

*Seasoning cube/powder

*Onion

*Ehuru, Uda,uziza seeds or peppersoup spices 

*Uzizi leaves

*Ugwu leaves

*Ogiri

*Scotch bonnet 

*Dried stock fish and catfish 

*Cocoyam (to thicken)

PREPARATION

1. Place water on the cooker, start by pounding the onions and pepper.. Then add it into the hot boiling water 

2. Add in the assorted meat

3. Then the fish 

4. Next the dried fishes

5. The dissolved ogiri

6. The crayfish and the blended peppersoup spices 

7. Stock cubes

8. Stir gently 

9. When the fish are well cooked, add in the fresh prawns 

10. Now the cooked and puréed cocoyam 

11. Finally the hand chopped full of uzizi and ugwu (mixed to make a handful)

Looks super scrumptious

I served mine with sweet ripen plantain.... Marriage  between the sweet and hot