How To Prepare Ofe Akwu.
Growing up I have always wondered how my mum makes a great dish out of palm fruits, I never alow that thought go silent in my head until I sat right next to her while she prepared it and afterwards, the whole magic I have been thinking she does, downed on me that it's nothing so magical after all.
Soni dare to tell you that ofe akwu is one of the very dishes I learnt at a very tender age and ever since then, I have gotten only better by each passing day.
Follow me carefully as I take you through yet another ride on my Ofe Akwu recipes and it's preparatory process.
INGREDIENTS REQUIRED :
1. Palm fruit
2. Assorted meat or any meat of your choice
3. Fresh pepper and crayfish
4. Stock fish
5 . Dried fish
6. Scent leave
7. Salt and maggi cubes to taste.
8. Onions
PREPARATORY PROCESS :
Step 1 :
Wash the palm fruit to remove every trace of sand and cook it with enough water for about 40 minutes and sieve out the water.
Step 2 :
Pound the palm fruit using mortar and pestle till every trace of the juice extract is extracted from the palm fruit.
3. Step 3 :
Using warm water, extract the palm oil from the fruit and sieve out every trace of sand using a tiny opening.
Step 4 :
Cook the extract till red oil floats on the surface and immediately slice in onions and alow to cook for another 5 minutes.
Step 5 :
Add the blended fresh pepper and crayfish, stir and alow to cook for another 5 minutes
Step 6 :
Add the already cooked meat, dried fish etc and the meat stock and alow to boil thoroughly.
Step 7 :
Slice the scent leave, wash it and add it to the soup, add salt and maggi cubes, stir.
Step 8 :
Allow to cook for another 2 minutes and your delicious ofe akwu is ready to be eaten with swallow or pasta.
Bon Appetit!
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