How to Royal To Try At Home Bini Owo with Unripe Plantain

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Bini Owo with Unripe Plantain. Unripe plantain/Yam with Bini Owo sauce If your from Benin, u will understand our love for this sauce. Boiled plantain and bini owo- a tasteful meal prepared by excellent & professional chefs experienced in local dishes. Rich in Carbohydrate and a very hygienic meal.
Owo soup is more like a palm oil sauce, why it is called a soup, I am still scratching my head about it.
Once they have sufficiently cooked with some stock left, add your blended tomatoes and pepper.
Made this as dinner and i really enjoyed it.
You can cook Bini Owo with Unripe Plantain using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Bini Owo with Unripe Plantain
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You need of Ripe Tomatoes.
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It’s of Fresh scotch bonnet peppers.
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You need cubes of Seasoning.
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It’s 1 tablespoon of potash.
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It’s of Salt (optional).
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Prepare of Enough crayfish.
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It’s of Big prawns.
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Prepare of Dry Catfish.
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You need of Onions.
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You need of Fresh fish(optional).
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It’s of Meat(optional).
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You need 2 of cookingspoon palm oil.
The soup is usually thick and bare compared to other Nigerian soups like vegetable soup.
Bini soup requires cooking with potash, stockfish and it is best served with yam or unripe plantain.
The Beni Owo soup is a traditional soup of the Southern region of Nigeria..
It is easy to prepare and can be eaten with Yam, Plantain, Sweet.
Bini Owo with Unripe Plantain step by step
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Wash everything needed for the cooking and set aside..
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Blend the tomatoes with enough crayfish, onions and the peppers..
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Cook your yam or unripe plantain, whichever youre using and keep aside.
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Parboil the meat first if using and Pour the tomatoes mixture inside the pot with the meat. Add the prawns, dry fishes, seasoning cubes, salt and allow to boil to a very thick consistency until the water almost dries up..
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Before the tomatoes dries up water break and grind the potash if using unbroken one. Measure with 1tablespoon and add to the mixture. The colour of the Soup automatically darkens until palm oil is added..
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Drop from heat and measure 2cookingspoon of palm oil and add to the mix. Stir very well. Place back on heat to heat up the palm oil for like 3minutes before dropping finally..
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Another method of adding the potash is by disolving the blended potash in warm little water as done with Isi ewu. Put the 2cookingspoon palm oil in another pot and turn the potash liquid inside. Stir it very well to become yellowish and add it to the tomatoes mix before placing it back on heat to warm up..
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Please be generous with your palm oil, I wasnt because I wanted it that way.
NOTE: - Owo soup is usually cooked to be eaten on the same day. - Urhobos and Isokos dont add tomatoes, but add starch, garri, or mashed yam - Owo soup is also known as oghwo Ofigbo or ogwofibo.
Most who has enjoyed this meal tend to refer to it as stew rather than stew, especially as it is mostly served with unripe plantain or yam, rather than Eba or pounded yam.
The soup is best prepared with Smoked Fish, Prawns and Bush meat (optional).
It is also cooked and served in well-polished earthenware pots.
Omi Ukpoka (Corn soup) Most who has enjoyed this meal tend to refer to it as stew rather than stew, especially as it is mostly served with unripe plantain or yam, rather than Eba or pounded yam.