Cookbook:Miyan Kuka (Baobab Leaf Soup)

Miyan kuka ("baobab leaf soup") is a Northern Nigerian soup prepared with dried ground baobab leaves (kuka). This soup is paired with tuwo shinkafa or tuwo masara.

Ingredients

 * 2 large dried catfish
 * 1 large dawa dawa lump
 * 2 handfuls ground crayfish
 * Atarugu (habanero pepper)
 * 1 kg cow rib
 * 2 large stock cube
 * Salt, to taste
 * 1 onion, cut in chunks
 * 3 tablespoons kuka (baobab leaf) powder
 * 2 cooking spoons palm oil

Procedure

 * 1) Soak the dried fish in cold water. Debone when soft.
 * 2) Grind the crayfish with dawadawa. Pound the pepper.
 * 3) Cook the cow ribs with water, stock cube, salt, and onions until the meat is tender. Remove the onions, then the beef, reserving the stock in the pot.
 * 4) Stir the kuka powder into the reserved stock until smooth, with no lumps.
 * 5) Stir in pounded pepper, crayfish and dawa dawa mixture, and palm oil.
 * 6) Add the deboned fish, cover, and cook 5 minutes over medium heat.
 * 7) Stir in beef, and add salt to taste. Cook for 2 minutes.
 * 8) Serve with tuwo shinkafa or tuwo masara.