Ofe ugba is a speciality of the people of Owerri and Mbaise of Imo state, south-east Nigeria. Called Ofe ugba, Ugba soup, Ofe Ukpaka, Okwuru ugba, it is basically okro soup with ugba (Ukpaka, processed oil bean seed), but you don’t just throw ugba into your Okro soup and call it Ugba soup.
Plain okro soup is different from the one-pot okro soup, it is cooked to be accompanied by the versatile Omi Obe (stew). They make an exquisite pair. I first ate plain okro with Omi Obe in the boarding school. At first, it was a shock to me seeing stew and […]
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