Share your food diaries, Review, and Adventures: Preparing Draw Soup

missyleo -

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Introduction

In my post today I will be showing you how I prepared my draw soup (Okro & okpono). Okro soup is very easy to prepare and with less cost, I cooked it frequently especially when I'm financially down, as it will not cost me to break my bank account.

Firstly, I will start by putting down all the ingredients I used in preparing my okro soup below.

Ingredients
My ingredients
Preparation

There are two different methods of preparing okro soup, the frying method and the traditional method. It was the traditional method I used in cooking mine.

I started by washing my cow skin, Stockfish and dried fish into the pot, seasoned it with stock cube, fresh pepper, onions and salt then cooked it for about 5 -7minutes for the cow skin (ikpa) to tender.

Putting periwinkle into the pot

While the meat was on fire, I pounded the crayfish and set it aside, then I chop the okro into the mortal and pounded it few hands, without letting it to draw well.

I also sliced the floated pumpkin leaves and ozuza leaves and set aside too.

My prepared ingredients

When the meat was soften enough, I added the quantity of water I needed and pour in red oil, stir it and allowed to boil for about 2- 3minutes.

Before then I have dissolved the grinded Ogbono with hot water, then I pour it into the pot.

Putting Okro

I allowed it to boil for 2minutes, then I put the pounded okro into the pot, stir it all together and allowed it steam for 2 -3minutes.

Then after I put pounded crayfish and stir it well, and Periwinkle.

Putting crayfish

The next thing I put was my sliced pumpkin leaves and stir it well and allowed it to simmer for 2minutes.

Putting the pumpkin leaves

After that 2minutes I then put the sliced ozuza leaves, stir it all together and cover the pot slightly for 1 minutes to simmer.

Putting the ozuza leaves

That was the last ingredient I put, then I turned of the gas and allowed it to simmer there, my soup is ready.

My draw soup is ready
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