Recipe: Yummy Afang vegetable soup
Recipe: Yummy Afang vegetable soup Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Afang vegetable soup. Afang soup (not to be misconstrued for Okazi soup or Ukazi soup, a soup from the Igbo cuisine), is a vegetable soup that originates from the Efik people of the Efik kingdom in Cross River State and the Ibibio People of Akwa Ibom in Southern Nigeria. It is a dish popularly known by Nigerians and also some parts of Africa. It is especially popular among the Ibibio and the Anang people of Akwa.
Wikipedia Apart from this soup, they also have Edikang-Ikong, Atama, and a few other delicious soups.
The star vegetable in this soup is shredded afang leaves which is known by various names- "eru"or "kok" in Cameroon, "Ukazi" or "Okazi" in Nigeria and different parts of Africa.
Traditionally the leaves are sliced thin, then pounded with mortar and pestle and mixed with waterleaves to achieve the slimy consistency.
You can have Afang vegetable soup using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Afang vegetable soup
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It’s 1 bunch of Waterleave.
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It’s 2 of milk tins of pounded fang leave.
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Prepare of Palm oil.
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You need spoon of Crayfish.
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You need head of cow.
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Prepare of Maggi.
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It’s of Salt.
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You need of Dry pepper.
Afang Okazi Vegetable Soup With Ease.
This is a meal I can comfortably eat every day, provided it is served just once a day.
This vegetable soup takes time to cook if you do not know the trick of getting everything ready and set, before turning on the cooker.
Afang soup originated from southern Nigeria, like most soups from the region it's a earthy broth of meat and fish with vegetable simmered in.
Afang vegetable soup step by step
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Add crayfish, dry pepper to the boiled cow head and stock in the pot..
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Taste for seasoning and add salt,maggi,the afang leave, cover for 1 minute then add waterleaves and cook it.
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Add ugu leaves and palm oil and stir to mix.
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Cook without covering pot for 3 minutes.
Afang is a wild vegetable also called Okazi Afang soup is a vegetable sauce highly rated by many Nigerians.
Traditionally, a delicious sauce popular in eastern Nigeria.
It is a must in many ceremonies in the Igbo, Effik, and Ibibio speaking parts of Southern Nigeria, including weddings, the christening of newborn babies, or even at funerals.
The Nigerian Afang Soup, like the Edikang Ikong soup, is native to the Efiks, people of Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria but enjoyed by all Nigerians.
It is also very nutritious as the soup consists mainly of vegetables.
