Soup
Edo Black Soup

Edo Black Soup

Edo

90Minutes
HardLevel
6Serves
3Steps
About

Benin's dark, herb-heavy soup (obe ata / omoebe) made from a blend of bitter and aromatic leaves ground fine, rich with meat, fish and palm oil.

Equipment
  • Pot
  • Blender
  • Wooden spoon
Ingredients
Bitterleaf and scent leaf3 cups
Uziza leaves1 cup
Assorted meat600 g
Dried fish and stockfish1½ cups
Palm oil¾ cup
Ground crayfish3 tbsp
Blended pepper2 tbsp
Ground rice or yam (thickener)2 tbsp
Stock cubes3
Saltto taste

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