Good day my friend
I hope everyone is having a nice day, am really happy and excited to tell u about what I cooked today.
In my home town okoko item
We are know to have this particular soup akparata,
So I went to the market got the ingredients and I am honored to show u how it's been prepared in our village.
To get started
I had to put together a lot of ingredients in other to make the akparata soup a little bit up to standard
It required=palm oil, fresh pepper 🌶️, dried pepper,
My akparata,salt, egusi, stock fish(okporoko), cowskin (Kanda), crayfish,bangala fish, pumpkin leaf and finally my crayfish Maggie
##Ingredient
Akparata 1 cup
Palm oil =2 cooking spoons
Fresh pepper =4 pieces
Dry pepper =1 tea spoon
Salt=2 tea spoons
Egusi =1 cup
Stock fish (okporoko)=400g
Cowskin (Kanda)=500g
Crayfish =half cup
Bangala fish =500g
Pumpkin leaf (ugu)=500g
Crayfish Maggie = 2 cubes
Preparation
Step 1
Wash ur pumpkin (ugu) like 3 times the last wash should be with salt then put it in a basket 🧺 than start cutting it
After cutting how it looks
Step 2
Wash the stock fish (okporoko) and the bangala fish with hot water, rence again with cold water and put inside ur pot
Step
Wash the cow skin (Kanda) with knife 🔪 or iron sponch for like 3 times add salt in ur last wash, then put inside ur pot
Step 4
Pound the pepper 🌶️ and crayfish together and put inside ur pot.
Step 5
Put ur Maggie and then add water ( akparata soup should be tick so add small quantity of water) like 2 tea cups of water
Than cook for 5 minutes (depending on what ur using to cook eg:gas, firewood, charcoal,or even stove.(I used gas)
Step 6
Add salt and oil when it has started boiling, and cover for like 2/3 minutes.
Step 7
Add ur akparata and than ur egusi and cover turn very well (in other to mix well ) then leave for just 2 minutes
My akparata
My egusi
Finally
add ur pumpkin leaf and dnt let it over done, a minute is ok.
Make sure to dish when it's still being cooked in the fire and dnt close immediately after cooking it
Allow to coll small than u can keep inside ur cupboard or dish in a micro plate and keep in ur freezer.
My akparata soup is now ready, come and eat with me ooo.
My village people must be proud of me (nwa afo item)
Am really happy that I was opportune to share this recipe with u friends. thanks also for reading anyone can still try to cook it at home (item soup akparata)
