How to Cook Appetizing Oha Soup

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Oha Soup. Add in the meats and turn heat to low. ( Don't cook meats for too long remember they are already precooked) Add in the palm oil and stir. Mix Ogiri with a little water and add to the pot. Then take a cooking spoon of hot liquid.

Oha Soup Moreover, it is a very special soup prepared mostly during festivals and occasions. Oha soup (a.ka;Ora/Uha soup or Ofe Oha/uha/ Ora) is a delicious Soup recipe from the eastern part of Nigeria. It is one of those native Igbo soups that you taste and just can't forget. You can have Oha Soup using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Oha Soup

  1. Prepare 1 kg of Assorted meats (Beef, Ponmo and Shaki).
  2. It's 2 of CkSp Palm oil.
  3. It's 2 Bunch of Oha leaves.
  4. It's 1/2 bunch of Uziza Leaves.
  5. It's 5 of Cocoyam (Ede).
  6. You need 1 cup of dry Fish shredded.
  7. It's 1 head of Stockfish (Okporoko).
  8. You need 3 tbsp of Ground Crayfish.
  9. You need 1 tbsp of Ogiri Igbo.
  10. Prepare 2 cups of isam.
  11. It's 5 of fresh pepper.
  12. Prepare 3 of knorr maggi.
  13. You need to taste of Salt.

Oha Soup, popularly referred to as Ofe Oha by the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria is an absolutely delicious traditional soup recipe. Oha soup isn't exactly a go-to kind of soup because the main ingredient, Oha leaves, is a seasonal one. Ofe Ora (as the people of Igbo call it) is one of the most delicious soups that is popularly made and eaten by the people of Igbo. The Igbos are one of the popular ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Oha Soup step by step

  1. Wash Stockfish with hot water and set aside; per boil beef, shaki and kpomo, mid way add the Stock fish, then add knorr cube and salt to taste, allow it cook till its soft and tender.
  2. While the meat is boiling, in a small pot boil the cocoyam with the skin on till its very tender. once the cocoyam is soft, peel the skin off and pound till smooth in a mortar, then set aside.
  3. Blend peppers and set aside and add when the meats is getting soft, add the dry fish and isam; leave to combine for 7 minutes..
  4. Pour in Palm Oil and crayfish and stir properly, allow to boil for 10 minutes or until the oil is fully mix into the stock, then add the blended Cocoyam into the stock, stir and taste for salt/seasoning and adjust if necessary.
  5. When the meats are soft, add the smoked fish and blended pepper, leave to combine for 5 minutes. You should end up with at least 4 cups of rich stock, if you don’t, add more water and seasoning if needed….
  6. The Cocoyam will dissolve; thickening the soup, leave to fully dissolve and combine for 5 minutes, then add the Ogiri, leave for 2 minutes then add the washed and chopped Uziza leaves.
  7. Allow it simmer for a minute then add the Oha leaves, turn off heat and leave to cook the oha with the residual heat for about 2minutes Stir properly and serve with eba or akpu (fufu).

This soup is made with the leaves of a tree called oha. Ora soup is often prepared using cocoa-yam, egusi or ofor as the thickener. If you've gotten your hands on fresh oha leaves, make a pot of oha soup. This Nigerian specialty is thickened with cocoyam paste and seasoned with smoked fish, dried shrimp, and your favorite meats. Cook the soup until it's as thick as you like and then stir in palm oil and oha leaves.