Recipe: Delicious Ofe Oha

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Ofe Oha. Oha Soup, popularly referred to as Ofe Oha by the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria is an absolutely delicious traditional soup recipe. Oha soup isn't exactly a go-to kind of soup because the main ingredient, Oha leaves, is a seasonal one. My aunt sorts out the best and uses it for oha soup on the day the oha leaves arrive, then the other not so fresh oha she sets aside to use for ofe onu mmuo.

Oha soup(a.ka;Ora/Uha soup or Ofe Oha/uha/ Ora) is a delicious Soup recipe from the eastern part of Nigeria.

It is one of those native Igbo soups that you taste and just can't forget.

This rich and nutritious soup is usually prepared with the leaves of the African Pterocarpus soyauxii / Pterocarpus mildbraedi tree, known traditionally as Oha leaves.

You can cook Ofe Oha using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ofe Oha

1. It’s 2 of medium sized bunch of oha leaves.

2. It’s 2 TSP of Achi powder.

3. You need 2 of kilo, beef.

4. You need 1 head of stockfish.

5. You need 4 of sizeable dry fish.

6. It’s 4 TSP of ground crayfish.

7. You need 1 TSP of ground pepper.

8. It’s to taste of Salt.

9. You need 1 pack of dry mushroom.

10. Prepare 1 of small ogiri.

11. It’s 1 cup of Palm oil.

12. It’s of Uziza leaf, optional.

Ofe Oha - Ingredients & Preparation.

Oha Soup is a native meal for the South Eastern part of Nigeria, Though also called Ora by some southern people.

This native soup can be used to.

Oha soup or Ora soup is another popular delicacy from the eastern part of Nigeria.

Ofe Oha instructions

1. Separate the oha leaf from the stalk and cut it into bits with your hand..

2. Wash and season beef. Put on the fire with stockfish, cook till soft.

3. Wash dry fish with salt and water, add to the boiling mix.

4. Add salt and seasoning cubes to taste. Add dry pepper and crayfish..

5. Soak dry mushroom with water for about 10 mins, add to the pot too..

6. Put in ogiri, adjust taste..

7. Mix Achi in Palm oil, pour into boiling mix. Watch it thicken..

8. Finally, add oha leaf, stir till completely incorporated, soup is done. NB: You can add uziza leaf if you want..

Preparation of this soup is similar to bitterleaf soup ( Ofe Onugbu ) with difference being the leaves used.

Oha/ora soup is delicious and has a distinct taste.

Today I have a recipe for Oha soup.

I have been wanting to make this soup for a really long time, but I couldn't find the leaves.

All the ones I found were not that great.