OFE - OWERRI

Recipe for five servings

REQUIREMENTS

- 1 kg assorted meats
- 2 medium size stockfish
- 2 medium dried fish(Asa)
- 1 tablespoon grounded pepper
- 2 tablespoon ground crayfish
- 2 cups Ukazi leaves (shredded)
- 2 small bunch ugwu
- 2 cups smoked prawns
- 1 small bulb onion
- 4 medium size cocoyam (red type)
- 2 cooking spoon palm oil
- 2 litres stock or water
- 2 maggi cubes - salt to taste



What you do

Pick, wash and shred the Ugwu leaves as well as the Ukazi leaves.(This can be done in the market)

Wash the meat thoroughly and place in a large pot. Season with salt,onion and ground pepper, add some water and cook for 10minutes or allow steaming till juice dries up.

Add 2 cups of water and the stockfish continue cooking till the stockfish is soft and the meat cooked. Wash and debone smoked fish and then dress and wash the smoked prawns. Add the fish and prawns to the meat pot and add the remaining water and cook for I0 minutes.

Peel and wash cocoyam, cut each into two pieces then add to the pot continue cooking until tender. Remove the cooked cocoyam and pound. Mould the pounded cocoyam into small balls and add to soup as a thickener,

Stir in the crayfish,pepper, maggi cubes and palm oil. Stir thoroughly and reduce the heat

Add the shredded Ugwu and Ukazi leaves, stir and allow cooking for about 6 minutes. Stir and add salt to taste.

Remove from heat and serve hot with cassava fufu or pounded yam.

Return to Galleria Health & Lifestyle Nigerian Dishes Recipe Index