Ogbono Soup

From ars.usda.gov

I'm baaaaack! After a very, very long hiatus, I now have time to get back to working on this blog.  I had 4 babies in the intervening time, the most recent being 6 month-old twins, so I have got a LOT of baby weight to lose to get back to my sisi-levels.  I need the guidance of this blog more than ever, lol! Without further ado, this is Ogbono soup dissected.  

Amala with Gbegiri, Ewedu and Stew

Hmm….Amala gloriously married to palm oil stew with Gbegiri and/or Ewedu. Goat meat peering up temptingly from the depths. Heavenly childhood memories. Deets at the jump.

Afang Soup

Afang is a favourite of my husband, and so I was ecstatic when a friend sent the recipe to me in a delightful Maggi cookbook.  It’s rich in vegetables, which is good for digestion although, frankly, I feel all the drying of the afang and boiling of the water leaves/spinach reduces the nutritional content. So try not to cook it for longer than necessary. The recipe and method are from the Maggi notes, with some of the measurements modified by me based on what I estimated the closest metric/universal measurement to be (you won’t find “mudu” or “congo” in any math book – except maybe Nigerian Macmillan’s!).