There is nothing delicate or pretentious about Bitter leaf soup (onugbu soup). It is a full bodied soup that will take your tastebuds on a gratifying dining trip. Bitter leaf soup is an icon of Igbo cuisine, especially to the Anambra Igbos of Eastern Nigeria. It is an embodiment of […]
Ofe Owerri is a community symbol of the Owerri people of Eastern Nigeria and its environs. They are so proud of this rich and expensive soup that songs have been rendered about it. To make Ofe Owerri for your guests is a thing of pride because it represents affluence and […]
Ora soup (oha, uha) is a staple of the Igbo people of Nigeria. It is one soup that has so many dos and don’ts or old wives’ tales woven around it. It is claimed that if you break any of the rules, the soup will either go bitter or the […]
Utazi soup (Ofe Utazi) is made with Utazi leaf which is bitter and best known for being used in pepper soup to give it a slightly bitter note. Really, utazi leaf is much more than that, it has its own distinct flavour and that is what you harness for this […]
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