Go Back Email Link
Afang Soup Deluxe

Afang Soup Deluxe

gaga
Afang Soup Deluxe is basically Afang soup taken from delicious to exquisite. It is a fusion of Efik and Igbo cuisine both tribes in Southern Nigeria. It has all the trappings of the authentic Afang soup but with some Igbo flavours added to it.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Dinner, lunch, Main Course, Soup
Cuisine niger delta, Nigerian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • meat
  • stockfish
  • dry fish
  • palm oil
  • 200 g onions
  • 650 g waterleaf
  • ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon ground crayfish
  • ½ tablespoon whole uziza seed
  • 1 tablespoon ground sungu (shawa)
  • 12 g ogili okpei
  • 1 teaspoon ogili isi
  • 6 scotch bonnet (fresh pepper)
  • Cameroun Pepper
  • 2 cups meat stock
  • 1 cup Periwinkle
  • 2 seasoning cubes
  • salt
  • Few uziza leaves
  • 110 g okazi

Instructions
 

  • Wash okazi and drain in a sieve, squeeze out as much water as you can then spread out on a tray to dry out a bit.
  • Wash and season meat and stockfish with salt and seasoning cube.
  • Place over medium-high heat, cook until tender.
  • Wash dry fish and set aside.
  • Remove the flowers from the waterleaf, cut off the harder end of the stalks.
  • Shred both the leaves and soft juicy stalks.
  • Wash shredded waterleaf in several changes of water, drain in a sieve, squeeze out the water and set aside.
  • Slice onions, grind together uziza seeds, ogili okpei, ogili isi, scotch bonnet and cameroun pepper.
  • Wash and shred uziza leaves and using a dry mill of the blender, grind okazi leaves (or pound with mortar and pestle).
  • Place a clean dry pot over medium-high heat, add palm oil.
  • When palm oil is hot, add sliced onions and fry for a few minutes until transparent.
  • Pour in shredded waterleaf and fry until it is beginning to dry out.
  • Add ground crayfish, ground sungu (shawa) and the other ground ingredients and fry for about 30 seconds.
  • Add meat, stockfish, dry fish and some stock.
  • Rinse shelled periwinkle and add, stir.
  • Cook until water has reduced, add shredded uziza leaves and cook for about 2 minutes.
  • Add okazi and 1 tablespoon extra ground crayfish, stir, taste for salt and cover.
  • Cook for about 5 minutes take off the heat and serve with any fufu of your choice.

Notes

  • Do not bleach palm oil at all just warm it enough to fry the onions.
Keyword Afang, nigerian soup