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Ofe Ugba

Also known as Ofe Ugba (Oil Bean Soup)

A soup built on shredded ugba (oil bean), distinct from ugba served as a peppered side dish, which is already in the book.

Ofe Ugba, Nigerian cooking

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of shredded ugba
  • Assorted meat or fish
  • Palm oil, pepper, crayfish, seasoning, salt
  • A handful of ugu, optional

Method

  1. 01

    Cook the protein in a light stock. Add palm oil, pepper and crayfish.

  2. 02

    Stir in the ugba and simmer until the soup is fragrant and the beans are tender. Add greens. Serve with swallow.

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