BITTER LEAF SOUP

Ingredients:

Goat meat/cow meat/cow leg/ Chicken (a little bit of every)

Trips (towel or sharki)

Ede (cocoyam)

Crayfish

Bitter leaves

Pepper

Red oil

Knorr cubes

Salt

Onions

 

Preparation:

Season the cow leg with 2 cubes of Knorr and salt. The cow leg has to be cooked separately until almost done and bones taken off. Preferably, cook overnight.

Put the trips in a pot, season with 2 knorr cubes, teaspoon of salt, then put in the cut onions and sufficient amount of water, a little above the meat level. Cook for 25mins or so, then add the other meat and stockfish, add 2 cubes of knorr again, turn the meats and allow cooking for about 15mins (its shouldn’t be fully done because it will get done with the other ingredients).  Add the cow leg. Wash the dry fish and set aside.

While the meats are cooking, boiling the Ede until done (use a knife to check or press with your fingers). Sieve and rinse with cold water. Peel off the skin and blend in the blender – add water while blending, this makes it easier.

Pour in the blended Ede into the meat pot and turn. Wash crayfish and pepper, put into the blender, and then add water and blend – this helps take out all the remaining Ede. Please don’t put to much water, so that the soup doesn’t come out watery; then add dry fish, Now add a little bit of red oil, as need be, turn it and taste.

If you are not satisfied with the taste, please add a little bit of knorr as need be. Do not use salt at this stage, if need be very little salt to blend. Cover the lid and allow boiling for about 5 to 10 minutes checking the soup every two minutes, Then add the Bitter-leave and leave the lid open. ** Please remember, don’t put too much water, so it stays thick **. Allow cooking until ingredients are mixed together and the soup is thick enough. Please do not cook for too long, manage the cooking very well, once the soup is thick enough for your liking and meat is well done – then the soup is ready.

N.B: the amount of water, red oil and the seasoning cubes you will use would depend on the amount of soup you want. Please manage the quality well; medium pot of soup, for a start is better.