Ora (oha) soup is a very traditional soup similar to the bitterleaf soup but cooked with ora leaves. Ora soup is special because of the tender ora leaves used in preparing this soup.it is a native soup of Igbo's in eastern Nigeria.
INGREDIENTS
vegetable- ora leaves ,cocoyam,red palm oil,Assorted fish-dry fish and stock fish,chilli pepper, salt and ,crayfish to taste,seasoning - maggi .
METHOD
+Grind the crayfish and pepper and set aside .
+Pound cocoyam
+wash and boil the cocoyam corn till soft. Remove the peels and use a mortar and pestle to pound the corms to a smooth paste.
+Using your fingers, cut the ora leaves into tiny pieces .do not use knife to prevent dark colour.
Cooking Directive
Boil the shaki(cow tripe),stock fish and dry fish in 1 litre of water till they are well done, first sign of a done shaki is that the cuts will curling on itself.
+Wash the beef and add to the pot of shaki etc.and continue cooking.
+when the meat is done ,maggi and cook for 5mins.
+Add the pepper and ground crayfish and cook for 10mins.
+Add the cocoyam paste in small lumps and then the palm oil.
+Cover the pot and leave to cook for 5mins
+Add salt to taste and the soup is ready to be served with EBA,foofoo,semolina.
INGREDIENTS
vegetable- ora leaves ,cocoyam,red palm oil,Assorted fish-dry fish and stock fish,chilli pepper, salt and ,crayfish to taste,seasoning - maggi .
METHOD
+Grind the crayfish and pepper and set aside .
+Pound cocoyam
+wash and boil the cocoyam corn till soft. Remove the peels and use a mortar and pestle to pound the corms to a smooth paste.
+Using your fingers, cut the ora leaves into tiny pieces .do not use knife to prevent dark colour.
Cooking Directive
Boil the shaki(cow tripe),stock fish and dry fish in 1 litre of water till they are well done, first sign of a done shaki is that the cuts will curling on itself.
+Wash the beef and add to the pot of shaki etc.and continue cooking.
+when the meat is done ,maggi and cook for 5mins.
+Add the pepper and ground crayfish and cook for 10mins.
+Add the cocoyam paste in small lumps and then the palm oil.
+Cover the pot and leave to cook for 5mins
+Add salt to taste and the soup is ready to be served with EBA,foofoo,semolina.
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