How To Make Nigeria Okra Soup With Ogbono| Nigeria way

Ogbono and Okra soup is a Nigeria soup that we eat with Africa FuFu, Garri etc.
Is a well know soup in Nigeria and is loved by a lot of people. And is very easy to prepare ope you give it a try if you have not tired it before....



            *RECIPE*

*3 tablespoon of ogbono powder
*100g of fresh okra ( Slice)
*1 or 2 hot red pepper or dry one
*Dry cat fish or any smooked fish
*Goat meat or cow meat
*crayfish
*Stock fish
*Plam oil
*1 onion Chopped
*3 maggi cube or anyone of your choice
*Salt
* Fresh spinach or any green vegetable you have around.




          *Direction*
Wash the meat goat or cow, stock fish,and  you can  use chicken as well. Season them with one small chopped onion,2 maggic cubes,salt and pepper. Place them on the heat, add enough water that  can cook them and  cook until they are well cooked..

For the smooked fish. I love to leave them in the hot water and salt for about 10 minutes before washing them with cold water.


Place a sauce pan (pot) on the heat, add the palm oil and allow to heat a little: add the chopped onion into the oil. Allow the onion to cook in the oil for 3 minutes; then add the ogbono powder, stir and allow then to cook for 2 minutes with continue stirring. After 2 minutes add the sliced okra and continue frying them for another 2 minutes.  Then add the stcok that you got from the meat into the okra and ogbono.

Watch this video here for a better understanding!!!










 Add the stock to your desire, For me i love to add half of the stock and half cup of water into them..

If you love your soup to be more liquid go ahead and add water into it.

After adding the water, season the soup with salt, maggi cubes and crayfish. Stir and put the lid on. Allow them to cook for about 5-6 minutes on a medium heat.

Uncover and add your cleaned washed cat or any smooked fish of your choice. Sitr then and allow to continue cooking for more 3-4 minutes; then add the spinash, stir and cover to cook for 3 minutes.

Remov from the heat after 3 minutes as you do not want to over cook the vegetables. And here you have your Ogbono and okra soup.

This is one of my Nigeria favourite Soup and i will love you to try them!!

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Until next time xxxx

Oven Baked Fried Rice How To| Fried Rice Recipe

Hi....
 This rice can be eaten by vagan and non vegan. All you need to do as a vegan is to remove the chicken i added to it. I have made this recipe a lot of time without adding chicken or beef to it and they come out very nice. So i hope you give it a try.....



*Recipe For 4 Person*


* 2 carrot
*Red bell pepper optional
*100g of fresh or frozen peas
*100g of green beans
*1 bayleaf
*1tablespoon curry a teaspoon for cooking the rice and the other for the sauce
*thyme
*3 maggi cube or any stcok of your choice
*salt
*140g corn
*chicken or beef stock or water
*150g of rice
*Vegetable  oil
*Chicken or Beef
*Fried rice seasoning optionl



   *Direction*

Clean and reduce the carrot, green beans and bell pepper in cubes.  Place a pot ( sauce pan ) over the heat with about 2 cups of water. Bring the water to boil, then (add a teaspoon of curry optional) into the boilling water, and add the rice.  Allow the rice to cook for 5, then remove them from the heat ans wash them with cold water. In the same sauce pan, Add the stock, chicken or beef or you can use water if you are vegan. Make sure the stock or the water is at the same level as the rice. Then add salt to the rice, place them back over the heat, allow them to cook until the rice is cooked or until the water is about to dry. Remeber the rice is going to the oven.

So while the rice is cooking, Place a frying pan over the heat. Add about 3-4 vegetable oil to the pan. Allow the oil to heat then add the carrot and green beans to the oil over the heat. While they are cooking, go ahed and add all the seasoning you are using. Curry,thyme, maggi,salt,bayleaf, etc to the vegetables. Allow the vegetables to cook half way before adding the other vegetables. So after you add the last set of vegetables which are, Peas, Corn, and Bell pepper.  Stir them all together and allow them to cook until the vegetables are well cooked.

Pre heat your oven at 180dg .

On a casserole mix together the rice and the vegetables and add 1/4 water into the rice. Cover the rice with Alluminum sheet and place them in the oven to cook for 10 minutes.


And while the Rice are cooking in the oven go ahead and start frying the chicken you are using for this. But first make sure you boil the chicken with, onion, maggi,rosemary and thyme or any other seasoning of your choice before you fry them. Or you can as well grill the chicken in the oven as well.

  Click the link to watch the video to understand what am saying...  link to the video is below here.

 So after 10 minutes and also make sure that the water is well dry. Remove the rice from the oven and enjoy with family.

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 Give this recipe a try and leave a comment on how they come out. I will love to hear your feedback thanks and God bless xxx

Zucchine Omelet Recipe | Zucchine Frittata

 Hi,
So i have been trying out a lot of omelet recipes and this is one of the. I made this with Zucchine and it was very delicious haha.  So this is why i thought of sharing it with you all my readers. Hope you enjoy this yummy Omelet. Happy cooking ...  So here are the recipe....




  * Recipe For 3 *


*1 Zucchine
*4 eggs
*salt
*50g of parmigiano
*100ml of fresh milk
*teaspoon of butter
*A tablespoon of olive oil ( EVO)
* 1 small onion
*1 clove of garlic
* pinch of black pepper.



   * Direction*

Clen and chop the zucchine in cubes.   On a sauce pan ( frying pan) Add a tablespoon of olive oil, allow the oil to heat a little. Add the zucchine into the oil and allow them to cook until they become solf, this process is going to take about 3 minutes or so.  Chop the onion together with the garlic, add them into the cooking zucchine, season with salt and pepper and continue cooking until the zucchine is well cooked.  Remove the zucchine from the heat when you notice that the onion and the garlic is cooked.

Watch the video below to follow to steps as well.


Break the eggs into  bowl, add the milk, parmigiano,and salt.  Whisk until they are well combine.

On a big frying pan, add a teaspoon of butter and olive oil.  Allow the butter to melt. Add the egg mixture into the pan. Allow them to cook for a minute stir them a bit ( the eggs)then another 1 minute stir again, after the second stir, add the cooked zucchine into the eggs. Allow them to cook over the heat for 3-4 minutes. Then pre heat your oven at 180dg. Place them the eggs into the oven and allow them to cook for another 2-3 minutes then remove from the oven...

 If you are the type that don't have oven what you need to do is, Cover the eggs with a lid over the heat and allow to cook for 3 minutes then take the led off and here you have your zucchine omelet.


Hope you give this recipe a try and let me know at the comment what you think about it...

Also your can share your omelet recipe with me i will love to try it.

Here is a video i made while i was preparing this click to watch.... xxx

How To... Make A Perfect Omelet | Vegetable Chesse Omelet Recipe

Vegetable Chesse Omelet Recipe::

This Omelet Recipe is one of the best out there. Hope you give it a try....




Recipe: For 2-3 Person


* 4 Eggs
*Half red bell pepper (chopped)
*Half green bell pepper or Yellow bell pepper ( chopped)
*Pinch of hot red pepper or black pepper
*1 tablespoon of butter
*Salt
*50g of any chesse of your choice
*1 onion chopped


*Direaction*

So On a sauce pan, Add a teaspoon of butter. Allow the butter to melt.

Then add the all the vegetables, the onion and chopped bell pepper, season with salt and pepper.

 Allow them to cook until they become tender.

So while they are cooking ...  Break the eggs into a bowl, add a little salt, then beat the eggs.

  * Place a frying pan over the heat and add 1teaspoon of butter in it.
Allow the butter to melt, then add the eggs and put the heat down to the lowest.  Allow the eggs to cook for a minute or 2. Then Add the vegetables to the eggs. over then with a lid to cook for another 2-3 minute then un cover to add the cheese. After adding the chesse cover them again and allow the chesse to melt.

Then revove them from the heat and enjoy with anything you wish to have them with. 


*Hope you love this recipe as much as i do.  Under here is a link to the video.

Click on the video to watch how i prepare them.
Enjoy and see you on my next post xxx

How To MAke Yam Pottage: Asaro | Yam Porridge

Yam is one of the common Food you can find in west Africa. We prapare this in  different and the bacis Ingredient of this pottage or Porridge Yam is red oil.

But on this recipe i will be showing you how you can prepare them with or without red oil. So lets get to the recipe...


* Recipe* For 3 Person*


* 300g of fresh yam
* 3 tablespoon of vegetable oil
* 1 tablespoon of red oil optional
*salt
* 1 Yellow plantains
*1 big red bell pepper
*4 fresh tomatoes
*3 maggic cubes
*1 tablespoon crayfish
*100g of fresh or frozen spinash
*1 onion
*Fresh or dry red pepper
*1 clove of garlic
*You can Add meat or dry smoked fish...



  *Direction*


Clean and blend together, Fresh tomaotes, half onion,red bell pepper,garlic.
After blending them, Add them into a pot over the heat and allow to cook until the water is dry.

Check the video down below to follow the steps.

So, when the water is fully dry , take them out of the heat. On another pan pot, Add the oil, Allow the oil to heat a little. Then add the onion chopped.

Allow the onion to cook down for about 2 minutes. Then add the cooked pepper tomatoes.

While the tomatoes are cooking, add the seasonings. Maggi, and the rest of them.
After adding the seasoning, stir them and allow the to cook for 10 minutes.

*For the yam, peel and wash the yam with a cold water. Slice them in any shape of your choice. Add a water to cover the yam. Place the yam on a heat, add a little salt and cover to cook.

When the yam is half way cooked. Add the sliced plantain to the yam. Stir and add the tomatoes sauce into the yam as well. This is also when you need to add the fish or the meat you are using to cook them. When you are done adding them.

Cover the pot and put the heat down, check if the salt is ok or not. Allow the yam to cook until they are well soft and the liquid ( water) become thick.

Take them out of the heat and enjoy your Yam Porridge.


Down here you can find a link to watch the video as well.

See you on my next post stay blessed xxx

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