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How To Prepare Bitter leaf soup. 

This soup is specially associated with Anambra state in the Eastern part of Nigeria.

If you eventually add your bitter leaf soup a whole lump of dried fish,  you will be good to go.
The amazing thing about this soup aside the fact that it's rich in nutrients is that it's equally medicinal.

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Bitter leaf soup

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INGREDIENTS REQUIRED :

Bitter leaf

Cocoyam/flour/oat/Ache/Ofo ( for thickner )

Meat of your choice

Stock fish

Dried fish ( optional )

Red oil

Ogiri (traditional seasoning)

Maggi cubes

Prawn

PREPARATORY PROCESS :

STEP 1 :

Wash the bitter leaf thoroughly to remove the excess bitterness and set it aside

Step 2 :

Cook your meat and stock fish with onions, pepper and maggi cubes till its soft

Step 3 :

After the meat is thoroughly cooked,  add water to the meat pot and add your already washed bitter leaf and alow to boil

Step 4

When it starts boiling, add your already pounded Peper and prawn and add to it

Step 5 :

Add your ogiri (traditional seasoning ) optional though and stir thoroughly afterwards

Step 6 :

Add 2 cooking spoon full of red oil and cover for 5 minutes.  Stir afterwards and add maggi cubes stir and put it down. 

Serve with any swallow of your choice. 

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You see its pretty easy to prepare and tastes great too.

Let me further state that there are divergent ways to prepare meals,  just find out what works for you and borrow others ideas and merge it with yours.  After all, we are all pursuing achieving a common  goal which is preparing a very tasty meal. 

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