Saturday, 2 July 2011

How to make Ibaba soup

Ingredients
1/2 kg  assorted meats (beef, oxtail, tripe, ponmo, bokoto and bushmeat)
2 snails (washed with lemon)
225 g stockfish 
225 g  dry fish
50 g   ground ibaba seeds
1/2 medium onion
225 g  shredded etinkirin leaves
100 ml palm oil
112 g   ground crayfish
112 g  ground pepper
1/2 lt  pints stock
salt 
 cooking instructions
1.Wash the meatwell and place in a cooking pot.
2.Add some ground chillies,stock and well sliced onions,.
3.Place on heat and cook for about 50 minutes or until soft.
4.Wash the smoked dry fish with salt and soak in boiling water for 10 minutes so as to remove dirt
5.Rinse thoroughly with lots of cold water.
6.Add the stock fish, dry fish and snails to the pot of meat and cook for 10 minutes.
7.Add the rest of the stock, bring to the boil, add the oil and ground ibaba seeds.
8.Stir thoroughly to slightly thicken.
9.Finally add the shredded etinkirin leaves and crayfish.
10.Leave to simmer for 15minutes.
Ibaba Soup