Cookbook:Ukazi Soup

| Cuisine of Nigeria

Ukazi soup is an Igbo soup made from okazi and water leaf. It is similar to afang soup, but okazi soup is thicker.

Ingredients

 * Meat (optional)
 * Dryfish
 * Stock cubes
 * Palm oil
 * Pepper
 * Achara (optional)
 * Ground crayfish
 * Salt


 * Okazi leaf

Equipment

 * Pot
 * Bowl


 * Stove

Procedure

 * 1) Boil the meat and fish in water with stock cubes until the meat is tender.
 * 2) Stir in the palm oil and pepper. Cook until yellow.
 * 3) Reduce the heat. Stir in the achara and crayfish. Season to taste with stock cubes and salt, then cook for 5 more minutes.
 * 4) Stir in the okazi leaf, and cook for 3 minutes.