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Ogbono Soup

Name: Ogbono Soup
Total time: 1h 15m
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: 1 cup ground ogbono seeds; 500g assorted meat (beef, tripe, cow foot); 200g stockfish; 150g smoked fish; 4 tbsp palm oil; 2 tbsp crayfish; 2 scotch bonnets; 1 tsp uziza; Ugu (fluted pumpkin) leaves; Stock, salt, seasoning

Igbo draw-soup thickened with ground wild-mango seeds — glossy, savoury and eaten with fufu.

1h 15m 6 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 1 cup ground ogbono seeds
• 500g assorted meat (beef, tripe, cow foot)
• 200g stockfish
• 150g smoked fish
• 4 tbsp palm oil
• 2 tbsp crayfish
• 2 scotch bonnets
• 1 tsp uziza
• Ugu (fluted pumpkin) leaves
• Stock, salt, seasoning

Method

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Boil meats with onion and seasoning until tender.

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1
Boil meats with onion and seasoning until tender.
2
Whisk ogbono with palm oil into a thick paste.
3
Stir paste into hot stock; simmer 15 min until it 'draws'.
4
Add fish, crayfish, chili and uziza; simmer 10 min.
5
Fold in ugu leaves; cook 2 min and serve with fufu.