How to Make Oha Soup | A Step by Step Guide

How to make Oha soup isn’t that hard if you have you ever tasted Oha soup before. if you haven’t tasted it before then it should be among the delicious Nigerian soups on your wish list.

Either Oha soup is your favorite or you haven’t tasted it before, or you just eat it because it is a kind of soup. However, you still need to know how it is made. Aside from Okra soup, this is another soup that is not time-consuming when cooking but still cones out so delicious.

What do you know about Oha soup aside from how to make oha soup; let me take you around it.

What to Know About Oha Soup

Oha soup is a traditional Nigerian soup, popularly known among the Igbo ethnic group in the southeastern part of Nigeria.

This soup is mainly made with Oha leaves (Pterocarpus mildraedii) also known as ora leaves. and other essential ingredients which include assorted meat, stock fish, dry fish, crayfish, palm oil, thickener(cocoyam, achi, or any other thickener of your choice), and seasonings for taste.

Oha soup is known for its rich taste, vibrant color, and the nutrients it carries. Aside from being just delicious because the leaves give the soup its distinctive flavor and aroma, it is also nutritious.

The soup contains protein from the meats and fish used, as well as vitamins from the Oha leaf itself and healthy fats from the palm oil.

This soup is a wholesome meal that can be enjoyed with any swallow of your choice like pounded yam, fufu, semo, eba, etc.

What are the Ingredients Used for Oha Soup?

How to make oha soup is of different many variations just like other Nigerian soups; it all depends on your preference and choice of ingredients.

Some people when cooking Oha soup make use of ingredients different from what I will be listing here, but that doesn’t make it a different soup, it just gives it a different taste that varies.

The list of ingredients used for this particular recipe is as follows:

1. Oha leaves

2. Cocoyam (as a thickener)

3. Goat Meat and Cow tripe(sharki)

4. Dry fish

5. Stockfish

6. Palm oil

7. Ogiri

8. Salt, pepper, and seasoning cubes to taste

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Step on How to Make Oha Soup

Before you start your process on how to make oha soup, make sure all utensils and equipment you will be using for this cooking are thoroughly washed and clean.

Then you can proceed to make your delicious soup because hygiene is important when it comes to what we eat.

Step 1

First, you will start by washing your cocoyam till it is sand-free and clean. Then put it in a clean pot with water and cover to boil on medium-high heat for 15-20 minutes till it’s soft.

Step 2

After 20 minutes check on your cocoyam if it’s soft, take it off the heat filter it from the water, and peel the back off. After peeling put it into a mortar with a pestle and pound till you have a smooth and fine paste and set aside.

N/B: you can blend your cocoyam with your food processor to make it faster.

Step 3

Go ahead and cut your Oha leaves. Using your fingers (not with a knife) cut your Oha leaves into small pieces. (Using your hand and not a knife is to prevent the leaves from getting darker before and after being cooked)

Step 4

Start prepping your proteins by washing them into a clean pot alongside your fish and stock fish. Season them and steam them on medium heat till it is properly cooked and done.

Step 5

When your cooked proteins are done, go in with your pepper, ogiri, and ground crayfish then cook for 5-10 minutes.

Step 6

Add your pounded/blended cocoyam in lumps followed by palm oil, cover, and allow it to cook on high heat until all the lumps are dissolved. If at this point the soup is too thick add more water and stir. Cover and allow it to cook for a little bit.

Step 7

After a little while, add your Oha leaves and leave it to cook for 2-3 minutes on high heat. Open your pot and stir to prevent the soup from burning from the bottom.

Taste to know if all seasonings are okay, if not okay you can adjust it here. And turn off the heat.

At this point, your pot of delicious Oha soup should be off the heat. And be ready to be served.

You can enjoy this soup with any swallow of your choice.

How to Make Oha Soup | A Step-by-Step Guide

What to Know About Oha Soup