Hi friends, is been a while. Hopefully is well with my fellow hivers. Today, I want to talk about little experience I had last week when I visited my cousin sister who hates okro soup. From childhood she doesn't like okro. A friend showed me a recipe that I find interesting and when I used it, it was very sweet. Before I go on, I will like to mention health benefits of okro.
HEALTH BENEFITS
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is rich in vitamins A and C and helps reduce the risk of serious health conditions like cancer, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. Okra is also a good source of magnesium, potassium and calcium. Your can consume okra to get health benefits such as improvement in digestion, vision, skin health and also help to strengthen bones. In Nigeria, okro is one of cheapest food item you can get - say with 50 or 100 you can have one. Besides, is easy to cook. It can be eaten with garri, Fufu and Amala
Uziza leaves
Uziza as it is called by the Igbo's , is a plant known by its botanical name as Piper guineense. For the Yoruba's it's called Ata iyere. Calling it a name other than its botanical name or tribal reference, it's also known as the West African Black Pepper or Ashanti pepper.
Fresh Okro
INGREDIENTS
Beef
Stock fish
Salt
Pepper
Onion
Watercolor
Seasoning cubes
Water
Snail
Dried catfish
Kpomo cut in tiny pieces
Palm oil (Optional)
Crayfrish
Periwinkle
Okro
Uziza leaves (just a handful of chopped leave)
Before cooking, wash and cut the vegetables and st aside. Wash the kpomo with salt canti remove dirt and sand. Cut it into tiny pieces and set aside.
PREPARATION
Adding Uziza leaves to your okra soup is one fantastic way to enjoy your soup. Uziza gives a certain aroma to your soup and it also makes the soup taste more flavourful. Uzizza-okra soup can be cooked in two different ways. One of the ways to cook it is without palm oil. This style is great for those people who want to take a break from eating soups without oil for a while (my cousin sometimes don't like red oil, so the oil-less okro soup was her BEST). The second style for making uziza okra soup is to make it with oil. The advantage of this is that it allows your ingredients fry well before adding the vegetables to the mix. If you haven’t tried adding uziza leaves to your okra soup before, there is no better time to try it out than now! Uziza-okro soups are super-duper nutritious and tasty! Try it TODAY
COOKING GUIDE:
Boil your meat, stock fish with salt, pepper, seasoning and onion until almost done. Add more water to cover the meat. Add washed catfish
and kpomo now or wait till later to add the fish if you don’t want it crumbling during stirring sessions. A few drops of oil. Okro doesn’t need much oil. Wait till it boils again before adding snails to make them crunchy. Cover to let snails boil and harden. Check for salt, add crayfish. Cover to boil well. Check again before finally adding your okra and Uziza leaf. Cover for half a minute. Stir, check for salt and taste before turning off the heat. Leave the pot open to prevent vegetables overcooking.
Crunchy, delicious, and yummy. Dinner is served. I was able to win my cousin's 💓 heart again. Since then, she's been enjoying okro- uziza soup. Try yours today.
Follow this RECIPE and you will have best okra- uziza soup.
Dinner is served.