My First attempt in preparing Oha Soup (Nigerian delicacy)

I must begin this write up with the motivation I got for hitting the Kitchen today to prepare Oha Soup. Yesterday I went out for lunch with @oluomamjay. Our intention was to try the popular afang soup but unfortunately the soup was finished, we then ordered for Oha Soup and did I love it? You damn sure I did. @oluomamjay proposed a contest between herself and me, to prepare Oha Soup, capture the process and make a post about it and from the comment section we will know who won the challenge. That been said, I hope she doesn't take this cooking contest too serious so that I will for the first time win a cooking contest 😁

Oha Soup is a special delicacy in the eastern part of Nigeria. It is one of those native Igbo soups that you always wish for more after a taste. I have lived among the Igbo people for about 10 years now, so you can understand why I love their native soup.

INGREDIENTS

• Beef, Stock fish and Smoked fish

• Palm oil,Onions and crayfish

• Seasonings (Maggi and pepper 🌶️)

• Cocoyam ( to make the soup tick)
• Oha leaves
• Uziza leaves
• Salt
• Water/Stock etc.
• Cocoyam or Achi ( Soup Thickeners)
• Oha leaves (cut using a knife or shredding with your fingers)
• Uziza leaves (chopped)
• Seasonings
• Salt
• Water/Stock

Mode of Preparation: This may not be the perfect way of preparing it but like I said, I am a novice in Oha preparation;

1. The first thing I did was to put the meat and stock fish into the pot, I added seasoning and onions, and allowed it simmer for 5 minutes, then I added little water, covered the pot and and allowed it for some time.

2. I added cocoyam while boiling the meat so it would save time. After a few minutes I removed the cocoyam and pounded in a mortar.

3. I then introduced palm oil and tenderly allowed the soup to boil for about ten minutes.
   

4. I further added grounded crayfish, grounded pepper, salt and waited for another period of seven minutes.

5. It was now time to add the pounded cocoyam after which I waited just for a brief interval.

6. I then added Oziza first (Oziza leaves are stronger than Oha leaves), then I added the Oha leaves.

7. At this point I was done with the cooking process, I only had to wait for a few minutes before turning off the cooker.

Delicious Oha soup is ready. Ladies and gentlemen I present to you my handwork 👇

Oha soup served with my preferred swallow which is Pounded yam.

For the Igbo people reading this, sorry if I didn't get the process correct or didn't prepared it as you would. I only hope I'll get better at preparing it soon. For now, let me engage in consuming the work of my hand 😁🍝.
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