How To Cook Okro Soup With Ewedu Leaves

How to cook okro soup with ewedu leaves
Okra soup is very good when cooked green and fresh. Ewedu leaves are good for weight loss. They are both full of vitamins which can be destroyed by heat, reason
we do not overcook these greens.
For mums introducing their babies to solids, this soup is it. I think babies love this soup cos it makes swallowing fufu very easy.  Try giving them with amala, soft eba, soft wheatmeal, soft semo or any other swallow but not too soft please.
This soup cooks very fast.

How to cook okro soup with leafy vegetables

Okro soup is mostly served with solids. Sometimes I cook this without palm oil and serve with a little tomato stew. When cooked without palm oil, it tastes better and I love it.

If allowed to cook okro the exact way I like it, I won’t add palm oil. Okro can be grated if you like tiny bits. I like to chew okro in my soup. This soup can also be enjoyed without any form of swallow, especially for
those of us trying to lose some weight. I hope I’ve started losing sha.

INGREDIENTS: 

1 kg goat meat or beef
2 seasoning cubes
Salt to taste
Water, just enough to cover the meat after steaming 
1 medium onion to steam the meat
1 teaspoon fresh ground scotch bonnet pepper. 
1/2 cup ground crayfish
1 pack dry stock fish
2 medium sized smoked cat fish
1 tablespoon locust beans (Dadawa) Optional
1 tablespoon palm oil
1 small bunch leafy vegetables. I used ewedu leaves but you can try with ugu, uziza too is great here
3 cups chopped okra

*Before you cook this okro and vegetable soup, wash and cut
the vegetables and set aside. Cut the okro with your kitchen knife or a food processor and set aside. Grind the crayfish and pepper if they are not yet ground.

COOKING STEPS:

  1. Wash meat, stock fish  and put in a pot with the chopped onion, seasoning cube and a teaspoon of salt. Cover and boil while you continue to check for doneness. Note* If it’s goat meat, you need to add water from the beginning as goat doesn’t release as much juice as beef when boiling* Boil until meat is almost done. If pot is getting dry, add some more water, add pepper too. 
  2. When you see that meat is almost cooked, add some more water to cover the meat. Check for salt, you can add the remaining seasoning cube now.
  3. Add palm oil, cover and leave to boil
  4. Add the crayfish and washed dry fish now. You can leave the fish till later if you do not want it crumbling in the soup. Add locust beans now if you are cooking with it. Cover and let it boil for like 5 minutes or less. This is your soup base so let it boil until the palm oil and ingredients are well mixed together and soup tastes great and ready but without the vegetables.
  5. Satisfied with your soup base, add the vegetables all at once since you don’t want them to over cook. Check for taste, salt and enjoy the sweet aroma in your kitchen by this time.
  6. Stir in the vegetables and turn off the heat at once. Leave pot open so cooking does not continue with the hot pot. Serve with any form of swallow/ fufu of choice and watch your family and friends drool at the table.

A pot of ewedu leaf Okra soup
How To Cook Okro Soup With Ewedu Leaves
 Okro and ewedu allowed to boil for  30 seconds before removing from heat

Check out: How to cook okro soup with uziza vegetables.

For those who like locust beans, it tastes great in this soup. I forgot to add. Sometimes, I cook this soup with a little ugu in place of ewedu leaves, at other times, I add just hot leaf (uziza) to the okro. This soup can be cooked with any vegetable of your choice. I added bitterleaf once but didn’t enjoy it much. I guess that bitterleaf wasn’t well washed.
Enjoy!

MORE OKRO SOUP RECIPES:

  1. Okro soup with pounded yam
  2. Okro soup with tasty chicken
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48 thoughts on “How To Cook Okro Soup With Ewedu Leaves”

  1. Aunty Eya, your photography skills are getting really Good! I just wanted to commend you for that. I love the photography work you did with this recipe. It's wow-ing me!

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  2. I've neva tried Okra and Ewedu….

    Mayb I'll do dat wen next I cook Okra

    I just wish I can taste what I am seeing right now on my screen

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  3. Mee too.
    I wish i can taste wat am seeing on d screen.
    But goat meat fr okro soup?
    Dnt knw shaa.
    I lv goat meat buh d one dey sell @oyinbo here in lag r always baby goat(ewu na akaro aka).
    Dey r so soft wen cooked n even dissolves in water.
    Does anyone knws were i can get correct goat meat in lag.

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  4. Soup too watery.Aunty you should have added less water and then some beef for taste because goat meat doesn't add much taste to food just that people love the smell/aroma.

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  5. GOD HAVE MERCY!!!!!! I'M SO Salivating right now. Aunty Ojay, NNE your hubby and kids dey chop something gan, proper enjoyment dey dey your house o. awwww, I love what I'm seeing on my screen mehn, this is so ooonnnn pooiiinnnttttttttttt. GOD BLESS YOUR HOME MA'AM.

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  6. Wooooww…..so yummmy nd inviting…..ma hubby go enjoy ma delicacies in da futur ..chai…#lickin mout#…..

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  7. Anty eya….i dnt wnna kip postin coment as anonymous,wnna use ma name,how then do i go about it bcos i want ma name to appear,tried following the options listed and it was tellin me my name is not verified and all sort…phhhhewwwww!…lov dis blog 2 bits!!

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  8. nice one, my mum's favourite soup. Aunty Eya, did you chop the ewedu or u put them whole after washing?

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  9. We call this ila asepo but I've never tried it with ewedu. I know u like your soup watery aunty Eya but does this soup draw? Very inviting I must say and looks healthy as well.

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  10. Aunty Eya and everyone. Sorry this is off topic but about food. Can I swap yam for green plantain for assorted meat peppersoup? Thanx

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  11. Aunty Eya,
    I just sent a mail to your nbox,hope you have received it.Its titled 'I NEED ADVICE,PLEASE HELP OUT'.Waiting patiently.Thanks

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  12. Yayy!!! Aunty Eya, I am loving these ur pichas! I fee like stretching my hand through the screen and take ur meat! Nice one!

    @ Deborah, U gorrit! That kind of hot eba that'll be burning your fingers and throat but you just can't stop!

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