HOW TO COOK OFE OWERRI: The Nigerian Soup for Rich People | All Nigerian Recipes | Flo Chinyere

goat meat

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: beef

Chicken is lower in fat, while beef is often more affordable.

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil offers health benefits, while vegetable oil is cost-effective.

bitter leaf

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: kale

Spinach provides similar nutrients, and kale is often less expensive.

stockfish

🥗Healthier: fresh fish

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Fresh fish is healthier, while canned fish is budget-friendly.

Rinse the cocoyam, put in a pot, pour water to cover them and start cooking.

Rinse and cook the beef, cow skin, stockfish, and snail together in a pressure pot.

Put the dry fish in a container, pour water to cover them and set aside to soften.

Pick the okazi and ugu, rinse them separately, and cut the okazi into very thin slices and the ugu into tiny pieces.

Check the cocoyam from time to time and top up the water if necessary.

Once the cocoyam is done, peel and pound them in a mortar or blend them until sticky and stretchy.

Add the cooked meats, crayfish, and dry fish to a pot and cover to boil.

Add palm oil and the cocoyam in small lumps to the pot.

Cover and continue cooking on high heat until the desired consistency is achieved, removing any lumps of cocoyam that haven't dissolved.

Stir in the habanero pepper, okazi, and ugu, cover and cook until it boils again.

Add salt if necessary, stir, and transfer to a cool container immediately.

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