Cookbook:Nigerian Bitter Leaf Soup II

Bitter leaf soup is a Nigerian soup.

Ingredients

 * Bitter leaf, washed
 * Water
 * Meat
 * Onion, chopped
 * Stock cube
 * Stockfish
 * Palm kernel
 * Ground crayfish
 * Yellow pepper
 * Ede (taro root)
 * Salt

Equipment

 * Pot
 * Cooking spoon
 * Mortar and pestle
 * Bowl
 * Sieve

Procedure

 * 1) Boil the bitter leaf in a pot of water, then drain it in a sieve and rinse well. Repeat this boiling and rinsing process twice more. Set the drained bitter leaf aside.
 * 2) Combine the meat, onion, stock cube, and stockfish in another pot. Bring to a simmer.
 * 3) Boil the palm kernel in another pot until soft. Drain.
 * 4) Transfer the palm kernel to a mortar, and pound it well. Mix in some warm water, then transfer the juice to the pot of meat, leaving the solids behind.
 * 5) Pound together the crayfish and yellow pepper, then add to the soup pot.
 * 6) Boil the ede until soft, then pound it and add to the soup pot.
 * 7) Season with stock cube and salt to taste, then mix in the drained bitter leaf. Cover and cook for 4 minutes.
 * 8) Serve hot.