Recipe: Delicious Owo soup
Recipe: Delicious Owo soup Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Owo soup. Owo is a traditional soup/sauce, native to the south - southern region of Nigerian(Benin-Bini, Urhobo, Delta, Itsekhiri, Ijaw, Isoko). It is a popular soup with a few variations, from different tribes. Owo soup is more like a palm oil sauce, why it is called a soup, I am still scratching my head about it.
Description Traditional Benin soup cooked and served in earthenware pots and serve as accompaniment to boiled yam or plantain.
Owo soup is a native Urhobo and Benin recipe you are sure to enjoy.
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You can cook Owo soup using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Owo soup
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You need of Native potash.
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You need of Maggi.
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You need of Kpomo.
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You need of Beef.
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It’s of Dryfish.
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It’s of Starch.
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You need of Native salt.
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It’s of Crayfish.
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Prepare of Pepper.
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Prepare of Native oil.
Hence, owo soup is not the best food for weight loss and can be extremely fattening.
I am not saying that you can't eat owo soup if you want to lose weight, but eating very little.
The Beni Owo soup is a traditional soup of the Southern region of Nigeria.
It is a delicacy enjoyed by the people of Benin, Delta, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Isoko.
Owo soup step by step
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Boil the meat and dryfish and pomo too.
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Add enough water then put the crayfish and pepper.
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Taste that the seasoning is okay and add the palm oil and let it boil.
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Mix the starch in water and put aside.
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Add native salt and potash to the meat stock.
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Then mix the starch and water into the pot until the soup is thick.
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Let it boil for some time and put down.
Urhobo Owo soup is usually yellow, hence people calling Starch & Owo, Yellow & Yellow.
It may be the pics 🙂 or the recipes have evolved.
Also, when done, all of the oil should be gone.
I noticed yours has a bit of oil showing still.
You can use less oil or add more keun/potash to avoid that.
