How to prepare Ofe ugba (Oil Bean Soup)
This soup is quite popular with people from Imo State. Ugba is the Igbo word for cooked sliced oil bean seed.
It is used in many food preparations. This soup can be called ofe ukpaka as well because African Oil bean seed is called either Ugba or Ukpaka depending on what part of Igbo land you hail from.
Ingredients:
- ½ kg Beef
- 1 medium-size of Smoked fish
- 4 medium-size stockfish (cooked)
- 1 small bunch of Ugu leaves
- 6 wraps of Ugba
- 1 small size of onion
- 20 medium Okro
- 1 tsp of dry pepper (ground)
- Small piece of Potash
- 2 cooking spoon of palm oil
- Seasoning
- Water
- Salt to taste
Method of preparation:
- Season the beef with few slices of onion and a little salt, steam for about 10 minutes or till the juice dries up.
- Add the remaining water and continue cooking
- Add the pepper, Maggi Cubes, Fish and stir
- Shred the Okro and add
- Heat the potash, then crush and add 1 tablespoon of water
- Stir in the palm oil till the colour changes to yellow
- Add the Ugba and stir
- Pour into the pot of soup and stir thoroughly
- Add the shredded Ugu
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Stir and add salt to taste
- Your soup is ready
- You can serve with pounded yam