How to prepare delicious Uziza Fish Okra Soup

Okra soup is one of the quickest and easiest Nigerian soups to prepare and it’s by far my most favourite soup in the world, I can eat this soup from Monday to Friday, that’s just to show how much I love this soup, Yum!
When I was pregnant with my first baby,

I literally ate it all through and my friends kept on telling me that my baby was going to be bald..hehe don’t mind them, it’s one of the myths in the eastern part of Nigeria where I come from and guess what? it’s all lies!!!…My baby actually came without much hair but now her hair is so full and beautiful.Oh yes, You guessed right hun

Some actually argue that a lot of work goes into the cutting of the two vegetables used in preparing this soup but to me, I totally disagree, once the vegetables are ready, the soup is ready!

My kids love this soup so much, just like their mum, because it’s so sweet, healthy and delicious and guess what? Mummy knows how to prepare it specially just for them…Oh yes, if you don’t believe, argue with your keyboard

Ingredients

Ogbono 10 seeds(Grinded)

250g Okra

Cooking red palm oil (to your taste)

Fish: Fresh Iced Fish (Titus), Dry Fish, Stock Fish

1 handful crayfish

Pepper and Salt (to taste)

Onions

Vegetable: Uziza leaf(false cubeb leaves)

3 stock cubes

Preparation

Wash the stockfish and put it in a clean pot and add water, add seasoning, salt and onions and leave to cook for a while until its kind of soft then, wash your dry fish with hot water and add it into the pot and allow it to cook for 15 minutes.

While your stock is on fire , cut the okra fingers into tiny pieces. The tinier you cut the okra, the more it will draw. To achieve this, you need to make a few vertical cuts followed by horizontal cuts across the okra fingers.

Grind the ogbono, crayfish and the dry pepper, then wash the uziza leaves, if it is your choice of vegetable, and cut into tiny pieces.

When the stockfish and dry fish are all done, then add the iced Titus fish and cook till done but don’t allow it to get too soft.

In a clean dry pot, pour red palm oil and heat the pot to dissolve the oil if it is congealed. Add onions and fry it a little, then allow to cool and after cooling, add the ground ogbono and stir.

Then add the stock, crayfish, pepper and salt, then stir and taste for salt. Cover the cooking pot and leave to simmer for 3 minutes.Now add the okra and stir for 3 minutes.

Then add all the fish, followed by the uziza vegetable and gently stir well again and your soup is ready to be served.

Note: Ponmo, shaki and meat can also be used to prepare this delicious soup, but this soup is specially prepared for my kids, hence the Titus fish which is very healthy for them.You can serve this delicious goodness with Eba (garri), cassava fufu, semolina fufu, amala, tuwo shinkafa, pounded yam and wheat.

I hope you enjoyed this post? Have you tasted this soup before?

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28 Comments

Brenda's Couch

October 30, 2016 at 11:56 pm

Tess, thanks very much for this… Once i tried preparing it and i made a real mess of the process. Had no choice than to eat it that way. With this post i can do better. And my elder sis would love to read this too.

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Aditi Oberoi Malhotra

October 31, 2016 at 12:22 am

This looks so good!! I'll try this out very soon!
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Camila A.

October 31, 2016 at 12:54 am

This looks absolutely delicious, I love all of the spices that it has and would love to make it one day!

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Sharon Wu of Style Lullaby

October 31, 2016 at 2:00 am

This soup looks so good! I am a HUGE fan of soup so will definitely have to give this recipe a shot soon. Thank you for sharing! xo, sharon

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Fashionably Idu

October 31, 2016 at 3:06 am

It looks really good. I love your recipe. It's simple enough for me cos I hate cooking. I'm saving it to try, I love me some okro soup too.

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October 31, 2016 at 3:14 am

gorgeous, so very yummy
I posted a new review, I'd love to know your opinion
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Blissy Joyce

October 31, 2016 at 7:30 am

This actually looks good. Might have to show it to a friend and we'd try it together 😀

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Beauty Editer

October 31, 2016 at 12:41 pm

Really nice post! Thank you so much for sharing.

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Jalisa Giron

October 31, 2016 at 3:28 pm

That's too funny the part about your friends, haha, goes to show that most of those myths are so wrong and made up! This soup looks so good and such a great idea for me to finally use some okra. It can be tricky because I hate the slimness of it, but in a soup, I'm sure it's delicious! Thanks so much for sharing, beauty, and I hope you have the best week ahead!

XO,

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