Cookbook:Ibaba Soup

Ibaba Soup is a typical Nigerian soup prepared from ibaba seeds, also known as okpo by the Igbo people. The seeds serve as a thickener, and the soup is served with akpu, semo, or pounded yam.

Ingredients

 * Meat, rinsed
 * Water
 * Pepper, blended
 * Onion, chopped and rinsed
 * Seasoning cube
 * Salt to taste
 * Dryfish, rinsed
 * Palm oil
 * Ground ibaba seeds
 * Uziza leaves, shredded and rinsed
 * Ground crayfish

Procedure

 * 1) Place meat in a pot, and cover with water. Begin cooking.
 * 2) Add the blended pepper, onions, seasoning cube, and salt.
 * 3) Once meat is soft, add dryfish and cook for few minutes.
 * 4) Add palm oil and ground ibaba seeds.
 * 5) Add shredded uziza leaves and ground crayfish.
 * 6) Stir and serve.