Anambra

Ofe nsala

Name: Ofe nsala
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 800 g catfish cleaned, in steaks fish; 200 g yam boiled and pounded white yam (white african yam); 2 1/2 tbsp ground dried crayfish (ground dried shrimp); 2 blended scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli); 1 1/2 tsp ground uziza seeds or black pepper black pepper; 2 tsp ogiri or iru iru (fermented locust beans); a few utazi leaves (or bitter leaf) sliced bitter leaf; 1 small chopped onion; 1 cube stock cube (bouillon cube); 5 cups water; Salt, to taste

Peppery white soup with catfish, thickened with yam. No palm oil, all aroma.

50 minTime

30 gProtein each

hotSpice

White soup2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCatfish, yam thickened broth, uziza and utazi.

The original

228kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

50minutessame

Classic ofe nsala.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish800 g catfish, cleaned, in steaks

White yam (white african yam)200 g yam, boiled and pounded

Ground dried crayfish (ground dried shrimp)2½ tbsp

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)2, blended

Black pepper1½ tsp ground uziza seeds or black pepper

Iru (fermented locust beans)2 tsp ogiri or iru

Bitter leafa few utazi leaves (or bitter leaf), sliced

Onion1 small, chopped

Stock cube (bouillon cube)1 cube

Water5 cups

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Rinse the catfish in hot water and salt to remove slime. Simmer with onion, stock cube and salt in the water for 10 minutes.
2Lift out the fish. Add pepper, crayfish, uziza and ogiri to the broth.
3Add the pounded yam in small lumps and simmer, stirring, until dissolved and thick.
4Return the fish, add utazi and simmer 3 minutes.

Serve it like this

Ladle into deep bowls with catfish steaks on top. Serve with pounded yam or on its own like a pepper soup.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Anambra

Ofe nsala

Peppery white soup with catfish, thickened with yam. No palm oil, all aroma.

50 minTime

30 gProtein each

hotSpice

White soup2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCatfish, yam thickened broth, uziza and utazi.

The original

228kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

50minutessame

Classic ofe nsala.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish800 g catfish, cleaned, in steaks

White yam (white african yam)200 g yam, boiled and pounded

Ground dried crayfish (ground dried shrimp)2½ tbsp

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)2, blended

Black pepper1½ tsp ground uziza seeds or black pepper

Iru (fermented locust beans)2 tsp ogiri or iru

Bitter leafa few utazi leaves (or bitter leaf), sliced

Onion1 small, chopped

Stock cube (bouillon cube)1 cube

Water5 cups

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Rinse the catfish in hot water and salt to remove slime. Simmer with onion, stock cube and salt in the water for 10 minutes.
2Lift out the fish. Add pepper, crayfish, uziza and ogiri to the broth.
3Add the pounded yam in small lumps and simmer, stirring, until dissolved and thick.
4Return the fish, add utazi and simmer 3 minutes.

Serve it like this

Ladle into deep bowls with catfish steaks on top. Serve with pounded yam or on its own like a pepper soup.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Ofe nsala

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Ofe nsala

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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