Edo black soup also known as omoebe is a Nigerian soup made mainly from three leaves namely scent leaf, uziza leaf and bitter leaf. Other ingredients include beef, onion, crayfish, pepper and palm oil.[1]
Origin edit
The Benin soup is popular in Edo State, although it can be taken by anyone in Nigeria.[2]
Overview edit
The meat is boiled with seasoning cubes and onion. while boiling, uziza leaf and scent leaf are blended together, with the bitter leaf blended separately.[3]
In addition to adding palm oil and the meat stock in a pot, grounded pepper, crayfish, onion and the blended uziza-scent vegetable are allowed to cook for 2–3 minutes. Also, the blended bitter leaf is added to the thickened soup.[1]
Other foods edit
Black soup is eaten with fufu, Eba, Pounded yam and Semovita.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "How To Prepare Delicious Edo State Black Soup". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ "That Edo Black Soup". Tribune Online. 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ omotolani (2018-03-20). "How to cook black soup". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ "Edo Black Soup Recipe (#1 Ultimate way)". FitNigerian. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2022-06-26.