Hello beautiful friends of this great and amazing community, greetings to you all. I am @meeky3 and am grateful to be among the participants of the wonderful contest (Let's do it... Do It Yourself👉Craft, Creativity, Drawing, origami, DIY,Recycling,g and more) organized by our great mom @ngoenyi.

Today I want to share with you guys the process and how I make my delicious oha soup

First of all, ,oha is a local and traditional sou ,normally called "ofe oha" inIgbo.oOhaa came from an African walnut tree,e and it is the main source used in the soup.

The leaves normally have a bitter taste that is balanced out by the richness of the cocoyam and other ingredients.

• The oha leaves :are the main ingredient that produces a unique flavor and makes it look attractive.

• Cocoyam :it makes the soup thick and starchy base.

• Palm Oil : to add a distinctive reddish color and also make up to the flavor of the soup

• Stock fish : provides an umami flavor to the soup

• Meat : for more flavor and presence protein in the soup

• Crayfish : to add a distinctive flavor and unique color to the soup

• Maggi cubes : to add more flavor and depth the soup

• Salt : it helps to enhance the flavor of the other ingredients

• Pepper : it can be add to make the soup more spiced

• Ogiri :ogiri also known as iru or dawdawa is made from the fermented of locust bean paste in an pot or bowls for several weeks or months ,it is usually used in cooking nigerian foods in oders to give a distinctive, earthly flavor. Before adding ogiri to the soup, you have to mix it with oil or water and put it towards the end of your cooking.

I have already grand or blended my cocoyam and also put it inside my cooking pot.

Step 1

The first step I took was to boil and grand my cocoyam with a mortar. I first of all boiled and removed the back of the cocoyam and grand it with my mortar

Step 2

When I am done granding my cassava into a smooth paste, I put it inside the pot and start my cooking.

Step 3:

After putting the granded cocoyam inside the pot, I place it on top of my cooking gas and leave it to simmer for some minutes

Step 4

Once it has simmered for some minutes, I add my crayfish, stockfish, and my already cooked meat and cover to cook for some minutes.

Step 5

I add my other ingredients, including maggi cubes, salt, pepper, ogiri. Stir it in others to mix everything together. Cover and allow it to simmer again for some minutes

Step 6

I add my oha leaves and stir everything together in order to add it's own unique flavor and make the soup look attractive

Step7

Than lastly, I stir everything together, bring down my soup from the fire, and leave it to cool slightly. While waiting for my soup to cool, I boil some water, which I will use in making gari. After making the gari with hot water, I turn it with our turning stick and leave it to cool.

After then I served, then served the food, my delicious oha soup with gari

Oh, my siblings really enjoyed the food because I am a good cook. The food was so delicious

In conclusion, oha soup is a delicious soup when cooked well with good and quality ingredients.

Like I said before, it is one of the Nigerian local and traditional soups and has a lot of nutritional value.

Oha soup is also a well-balanced dish that contributes greatly to the overall health and well-being of our body system.

It gives energy, and also the vitamin C in the oha leaves helps to support and boost the immune system and also protect our body system against infection.

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I love to invite my beautiful and lovely friends @dove11 , @heriadia @mini80 and @steemqueeen to join in this great contest

It's still me @meeky3, my regards to our great mom @ngoenyi

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