Oha soup

Oha soup: is a common soup which originated  from  eastern part of Nigerian (igbo  extraction).it is a popular soup that contains alot of protein such as assorted meat and different types of fish.

Ingredients 

1. Oha leaf
2. Uziza leaf
3. Cocoyam or Acha  
4. Palm fruit or palm oil
5. Crayfish
6. Dried fish
7. Stock fish
8. Assorted meat like,beef,shaki,tripe,okpono
9. Ogiri
10. Seasoning  and salt
11. Pepper 

Instructions 

Prepare  the stock: boil assorted meat,dried fish,stock fish,okpono with  pepper , seasoning ,and salt  until  tender. 

Boil Cocoyam and  palm fruit until it soften, pound separately, then extract the palm fruit  gentle with warm water and sieve, pour it inside pot together with cooked stock cover  and cook for a little. Put pounded Cocoyam bit by bit,use warm water to mix Ogiri pour it together  with pounded pepper and Crayfish allow to cook for some minutes. Put the  cut and wash uziza leaf together with seasoning and salt if needed cover to cook.

Last to put inside  the soup  is oha leaf but remember not cut the leaf with knife.please always  use hand., Then wash and  put  inside the soup pot allow to cook for a little stir, taste and set aside. 

Tips for  perfect  oha soup 

1. Make sure you use  assorted meat and fish as you can and also a good palm oil  or palm fruit.  It will  help  your  soup to taste  good. 
2. Remember  not to cut your  oha leaf with kinfe to avoid  bitterness, always  use your hand. 
3. If you want to  use Acha  instead of Cocoyam, always mix it with palm oil before  pouring it inside  stock. 

What to serve with oha soup 

1. Semovita 
2. Wheat flour 
3. Pounded yam
4. Eba(fufu)

Conclusion 

Oha soup is an ingenious soup that everyone loves to have a taste of it. Originality with good  aroma.