#NIGERIAN OKRA SOUP FREE#

This recipe would feed a family of four conveniently but feel free to adjust and adapt the recipe to suit your family size and pocket. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a heavy simmer, with the lid ajar to. Add 4 quarts water, smoked turkey, onion and a generous pinch of salt. When oil shimmers, lay in turkey necks and sear until evenly golden brown, about 4 minutes per side. You can use any protein you want and I’m sure it would taste great too. Set an 8-quart Dutch oven or similar pot over medium-high heat. I made this recipe as guilt-free as possible and that is why I chose fish and not beef. Trust me, you won’t miss a thing and this oil-less okra soup is packed with nutrients, it is a delight and budget-friendly. How to cook Nigerian okra soup Chop okra and set aside Place a pan on medium heat and add beef, assorted beef and dried cod, salt, seasoning, onion, ginger, garlic and little water (adjust salt and seasoning to your taste) bring all to boil until tender. However, it is good to go without the oil whenever you can without compromising on flavour. In Indonesian cuisine okra soup is called sayur oyong, usually served in clear chicken broth with rice vermicelli (bihun) or mung bean vermicelli. Chinese okra soup is a 'country style dish often served at family meals'. In the past, when I cook okra soup (ila alasepo) I use about ½ cup of palm oil which in my opinion is not too bad if you ask me. In Nigeria okra soup is a delicacy, the plants name derives from the Igbo language.In Yoruba, it is referred to as obe lla. INGREDIENTS FOR Nigerian Uziza Okro soup. Thanks to healthy eating, I now find it possible and also easy to make too. Wash snails with alum, lime or salt, add to salted boiling water, let them boil and harden before turning off the heat and setting aside to later add to your soup. I have always known I could make it but the oil-eating habit in me shelved the idea. Please share this recipe using the share buttons.Yay! Guess who finally cooked oil-less okra soup? I seriously can’t believe it took me this long to make this guilt-free, yummy and healthy Nigerian soup. Subscribe to the blog for instant notifications of new recipes, leave your email address in the box above. Next, add your chopped or blended okra with meat stock and stir thoroughly this time. Stir the pot and allow it to cook for about 3 to 4 minutes.

Add your locust beans, grounded pepper, grounded crayfish, and the chopped peppers. Just like most vegetable soups in Nigerian cuisine, e.g Efo riro, Edikang ikong, Afang etc, they can be eaten with a variety of other dishes.ĭo you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please leave a comment below. Allow the oil to boil for about 7 minutes on medium heat. Stir and taste, add salt.Ĭook for 10 minutes until palm oil loses its raw taste.Īdd waterleaf, ugu, and cooked snails, stir and cover, cook for 3 minutes.Īdd the remaining 2 tablespoons of crayfish and cook till vegetables have softened but is not mushy. To the cooked meat with 2 or 3 cups of stock, add palm oil, onions and pepper, cook for 5 minutes.Īdd, periwinkle, 1/2 cup of crayfish and seasoning cubes. Set aside (Snail should not be cooked till it is soft and floppy, it should still have a discernible crunch). Watch popular content from the following creators: CookingWithDeola(cookingwithdeola). The stock should be about 2 to 3 cups if it is more take out some and preserve.Ĭlean snail, season with little salt and boil till a fork can barely pass through. Discover short videos related to okra soup nigeria on TikTok.

Add to the boiling meat and cook till meat is tender. Soak dry fish in boiling hot water for 2 minutes, drain and rinse well with cold water. Wash meat and stockfish, put in a pot with some water to just cover the meat, season with salt and seasoning cube, boil till a fork can pass through. Nigerian vegetable soup is quick and easy to cook, a very versatile soup which can be used for swallow, eaten with rice, yam, plantains, even potatoes. While edikang ikong is a delectable pot of ‘pureed’ vegetable in a class of its own, this vegetable soup is crisp and fresh with a very vibrant colour. This vegetable soup is not edikang ikong, though they share almost the same ingredients, the timing of the addition of the leafy vegetables, set them worlds apart. Fresh Nigerian vegetable soup with snails. I just harvested the first set of snails from my snail farm, so I decided to give my Renaissance man a treat.