PREPAREING A BITTER LEAF SOUP.................

 

              BITTER LEAF SOUP...

ORIGIN: Edo speaking people of Nigeria

 
LOCATION: Edo state is located in the south-south zone OF NIGERIA.
The people boast of a variety of traditional cookings and simple recipes that are as varied as their cultural backgrounds.
As you follow this site, you shall be treated to several dishes that prove that the state is truly the HEART BEAT of Nigerian.
The soup treated below is just one of the traditional innovations introduced into the art of preparing vegetable soups in the home state.



INGREDIENTS:
Bitter leaf – Blend to a smooth paste
Pumpkin leaf – Blend to a smooth paste
Fresh Palm fruits – Boil, Marsh, dilute with water and drain till chaff is clean
Fresh pepper – Blended
Onions – blended
Cray fish – grinded
Fresh fish of choice (Croaker, Porpoise, Cat fish, Mackerel etc)
Beef - Boiled - Qty desired
kpomo (Cow skin) – Boil soft.
Stock fish.
Seasoning cubes.
Salt to taste
Palm Oil - optional


           PROCESSING
1. Wash bitter leaf in sufficient water and drain to remove bitter taste - Blend to a smooth paste
2. Rinse Pumpkin leaf normally without squeezing out the nutritional content. - Blend to a smooth paste
3. Boil palm fruits for 25mins or till tender and drain off the boiling water.
- Marsh fruits and dilute with worm water and drain the sauce.
- Repeat as desired until chaff is clean be careful not use more than enough water.

                 METHOD
1. Heat palm fruit sauce for about 20mins or until slightly thickened.
2. Add beef, kpomo, stock fish and the fresh fish to boil for 2mins.
3. Add the Cray fish, the bitter leaf paste, cook for 6mins and add pumpkin leaf paste and stir.
4. Add Palm Oil if desired and cook for 5mins
5. Add seasoning cubes and salt to taste, stir and cook for 2mins
6. Congrats, you’re ready to go.
      I think my country nigeria has so much to offer when it comes to food!!!!!!!!!!!!