Oha soup

This is another popular soup from eastern Nigeria. It derives its name from the green leafy vegetable used Oha/Ora.

It's usually thickened with cocoyam and served with swallow.

Oha soup is one delicacy that you can't forget because the taste is quite unique and intense, it's also very nutritious. 

INGREDIENTS 

5 small sized cocoyam

1 small onion

Ora leaves

Mixed meat

Dried catfish (optional)

Periwinkle (optional)

Bonga fish (optional)

1 red bell pepper 

2 scotch bonnet 

Crayfish 

Utazi seeds(optional)

Palm oil

Ogiri

Stock cube

PREPARATION

*Peel, wash and start cooking the cocoyam before commencing with anything else... (dont add salt) 

Step 1. Start by pre cooking the washed and seasoned meat, when cooked, add in the blended peppers and onions.

Step 2. Add in the dried washed bonga fish and catfish

Step 3. The crayfish and uzazi seeds

Step 4. The diluted ogiri

Step 5. Blend the cooked cocoyam, till smooth (i used food processor)

Step 6. Add in oil, just a little, roughly 2-3 tablespoon depending on quantity of soup 

Step 7. Add in the washed periwinkles

Step 8. Add the blended cocoyam, allow to cook and thicken the soup for about 7mins (at this point taste the soup, if it requires additional stock seasoning please add more)

Step 10. Add in the leaves, dont over cook... {just for 2 minutes max) and the soup is ready

We had ours with pounded yam and it was a great hit!!!

The kids even asked for seconds, lol.