Recipe: To Try At Home Rice and ofe akwu

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Rice and ofe akwu. Ofe akwu is a special local stew prepared with local spices and scent leaves which gives it a distinguishing taste and aroma. Ofe akwu and rice are often served together. Globalfoodbook has detailed the easiest method of cooking this delicacy.

In the South Eastern parts of Nigeria, Banga Soup is referred to as Ofe Akwu where Ofe means Soup / Stew and Akwu means palm fruit and is used mainly as stew for Boiled White Rice.

Great recipe for Ofe Akwu and Ofada Rice.

Ofe Akwu is a palm nut stew that is native to the Igbos tribe in Nigeria specifically Anambra state.

You can have Rice and ofe akwu using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Rice and ofe akwu

  1. Prepare of Rice.

  2. It’s of Fish.

  3. Prepare of Palmfruits.

  4. You need of Salt.

  5. It’s of Pepper.

  6. You need of Crayfish.

  7. You need cubes of Maggi.

  8. It’s of Onion.

  9. It’s leaves of Scent.

Note that there is no ofe akwu without a scent leaf aka Nchuawu.

I love to enjoy my ofe akwu with a plate of hot white rice Wash rice with warm water until clear; then drain; in a pot mix the palm oil cream along with the water and bring to a boil.

Once the oil starts to separate from the cream, add the dry pepper, bouillon cube, prawns, cray fish, one of the crushed habanero pepper and smoked chicken.

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Rice and ofe akwu instructions

  1. Parboil rice and rinse boil back add salt and boil untill is done..

  2. Wash and boil palmfruits.pour inside warm water and squeeze out the liquid boil the liquid for 20minutes..

  3. Pound and add crayfish,pepper,maggi cubes,salt and onion..

  4. Rinse and add the smoked fish boil for 10minutes.cut the scent leaves and pour in stir.

It is a kind of swallow food made from cassava) The green leafy vegetables used to Make Ofe Akwu is Scent leaves ( nchoanwu ) while Bitter leaves ( Onugbu ).

Here is a list of ingredients used in making Nigerian Banga soup (stew) 'ofe akwu', (as the Igbos like to call it).

If you taste this stew eh?

You'll sell your tomatoes and buy palm fruits with the money!

This is my favourite Nigerian stew, you all know I have very traditi.