HOW TO MAKE NIGERIAN FISH SOUP | HOW TO COOK NIGERIAN YORUBA FISH SOUP | OMI OBE

fresh fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Tofu provides a plant-based option, while canned fish is more economical.

palm oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is often less expensive.

bitter leaf

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: kale

Spinach is more accessible, and kale offers similar texture.

scotch bonnet

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: bell pepper

Jalapeño adds heat with fewer calories, while bell pepper is milder and cheaper.

Clean the fresh ingredients: tomatoes, bell peppers, red long pepper, Scotch Bonet peppers, and onions.

Cut open the bell peppers and red long pepper to remove the seeds.

Peel and slice the onions.

Blend the tomatoes, bell peppers, red long pepper, Scotch Bonet peppers, and onions to a smooth paste.

Clean the Hake fish by removing scales, fins, gills, and intestines.

Heat 1 cup of palm oil in a pot until it starts to smoke.

Pour in the blended pepper mix into the hot palm oil.

Add 1 tbsp salt and 2 stock cubes to the pot and mix well.

Gently add the cleaned Hake fish to the pot.

Cover the pot and cook on high heat for 20 minutes.

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