Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, afang soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Afang soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Afang soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Afang soup is fast climbing the top of the list of popular Nigerian soup. If you are interested in exploring Nigerian foods, this delicious soup would definitely spur your interest in Nigerian foods. The Nigerian Afang Soup, like the Edikang Ikong soup, is native to the Efiks, people of Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria but enjoyed by all Nigerians.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook afang soup using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Afang soup:
- Get 300 g beef or assorted meat(beef,pomo, shaki(tripe), etc)
- Prepare 30 g Smoked fish
- Prepare 2 handful Shelled Periwinkle
- Prepare Stock fish or dry fish(optional)
- Make ready 3 tablespoonful ground crayfish
- Take 500 g Afang Leaves(ukazi leaves)
- Make ready 1 kg Water leaves(or lamb lettuce or Spinach
- Make ready 400 ml Palm oil
- Get 4 Fresh pepper(scotch bonne)
- Get to taste salt
Afang soup; a delight to behold and to eat. It is a special delicacy of the Efik and ibibio tribes of Nigeria. Some parts of Cameroon bordering that part of Nigeria also enjoy this delicacy. Afang soup is a blended vegetable based soup prepared from a leaf called Afang with water leaves. "Afang soup" is the name given to this delicious dish by the Efiks and Ibibios, "Okazi soup".
Steps to make Afang soup:
- First Slice the water leaves and set aside. Slice Afang leaves, pound or blend it and set aside.
- Cook the assorted meat and stock fish with chopped onions, one stock cube/seasoning cube and salt to taste. Cook until tender. Then clean the dried fish in hot water,remove the bones and add the fish to the pot of cooked meat. - Add the Palm oil, pepper, ground crayfish and remaining stock cube to the pot. Mix well and then add periwinkles Cover the pot and leave to boil for about 5 minutes. - After 5 minutes, add the Afang leaves, leave to simmer for 3 to 5 minute
- If using fresh Afang leaves, let it simmer for 3 minutes. I like to add both the Afang leaf and water leaves together but due to the toughness of the afang leaves, I l add the Afang first before the water leave. Add salt to taste, simmer for 2 minutes and your Afang Soup is ready.
Afang soup is a vegetable sauce highly rated by many Nigerians. Traditionally, a delicious sauce popular in eastern Nigeria. It is a must in many ceremonies in the Igbo, Effik, and Ibibio speaking parts. Afang soup, native to the Efik and Ibibio people of Nigeria is a delicious Calabar vegetable soup made with Afang leaves and a leafy vegetable called waterleaf or malabar spinach. Afang is a traditional soup hailing from the southeastern parts of Nigeria.
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