Ofe nsala(white soup)

Name: Ofe nsala(white soup)
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 7 serving
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: full live chicken; small sized raw Yam cubes OR Yam Powder; 1 handfull chopped Utazi Leaves/uziza (optional; 3 tablespoonful ground Crayfish; 1 medium chopped onions; 20 g smoked/dry fish; 3 medium yellow pepper(habanero); 2 Stock/Seasoning cubes(maggi, knorr etc) Salt (to taste)

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Surulere,lagos

Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup) is a soup popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. It is also known as ''white soup'' nsala soup is know for its light texture.
The authentic Nsala soup recipe calls for fresh chicken or Cat Fish, if used its gives the soup a distinctive and unique taste.

Chinny's Kitchen @cook_7750723

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Ingredients

50min

7 serving

full live chicken
small sized raw Yam cubes OR Yam Powder
1handfull chopped Utazi Leaves/uziza (optional
3tablespoonful ground Crayfish
1medium chopped onions
20 gsmoked/dry fish
3medium yellow pepper(habanero)
2Stock/Seasoning cubes(maggi, knorr etc) Salt (to taste)

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Steps

50min

1

Properly wash the chicken, smoked and dry fish and set aside then season and cook the chicken with the dried fish, adding onions, seasoning cube and salt to taste. Cook until done and set aside
2

Peel the yam cubes and boil until soft, then pound to a smooth paste, using a mortar and pestle. In the absence of a mortar and pestle, you can place the cooked yam in a food processor/blender, add a little hot water and blend until smooth (you can use the hot water you cooked the yams in). If what you have is yam powder, boil some hot water,add the powder and stir continuously until you get a smooth paste.
3

Now add the yam paste bit by bit and leave the soup to cook until the paste is completely dissolved and the chicken is well done. Now, add the pepper, crayfish and smoked fish
4

Finally, add the utazi/uziza leaves, taste for salt and simmer for 30 seconds. Tip: you can decide to pound your uziza/utazi leaf.
5

The nsala soup is ready best served with pounded yam or semo