How to prepare Ogbono Soup

OGBONO SOUP
Ogbono soup is a Nigerian dish made with ground ogbono seeds (wild African mango seeds)and has 2 method of cooking ogbono soup:

1.The fried method
2.The unfried method.

FRIED METHOD

INGREDIENTS:
Grinded ogbono,
okro,
pumpkin leave (ugu),
meat,
dried fish,
crayfish,
palm oil,
onion,
salt,
kpomo,
maggi,
bitter leaf (optional),
Locust bean (lru, ogiri) (optional).

METHOD

Boil the meat, stock fish, dried fish, and kpomo in a large pot adding onion, salt and maggi.
Dry pots on the fire add palm oil and heat a bit add little onion and the grinded ogbono and stir well to form a drawing paste.
Add the water from the boil meat/fish, stir thoroughly, and cook for 5minutes to 10minutes.
Add the meat/fish pepper, crayfish salt and maggi if necessary boil for 5minutes to 10minutes.
Add the pumpkin leave, boil for 3minutes add bitter leaf allow of cook for 2-3minutes.
Taste, and put out heat and serve.

UNFRIED METHOD
INGREDIENTS:
Grinded ogbono,
okro,
pumpkin leave (ugu),
meat,
dried fish,
crayfish,
palm oil,
onion,
salt,
kpomo,
maggi,
bitter leaf (optional),
Locust bean (lru, ogiri) (optional).

METHODS:

Boil your meat/fish with seasoning
Add grinded pepper and stir you can add water if the water is not enough. Bring to boil add more maggi and salt if necessary.

In a separate bowl pour in your grinded ogbono add palm oil in measured quantities and stir with spoon.
Place the bowl in the boiling ingredient; don’t allow the water to enter the bowl. When the ogbono will melt.
Add it to the boiling ingredient and stir. Leave to cook for 8 minutes then add your pumpkin allow to cook for 3minutes.
Taste and put out heat and serve.