Ofe Nsala

Ingredients

• 700 g chicken, catfish or goat meat
• 250 g yam
• 150 g dried fish
• 100 g crayfish
• 4 yellow peppers
• 2 Scotch bonnet peppers
• 1 onion
• 2 seasoning cubes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground uziza
• 1 handful utazi or scent leaves
• 3 cups stock

How to make it

1. Cook chicken or goat meat with onion, salt and seasoning cube until tender. If using catfish, clean and set aside.
2. Boil yam until soft. Pound one portion into a smooth paste for thickening.
3. Blend peppers and onion and add to the stock. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add crayfish, dried fish and protein. Simmer gently.
5. Add pounded yam gradually to thicken the soup, then return yam chunks if desired.
6. Add catfish at this stage if using, cooking gently until just done.
7. Finish with uziza and shredded utazi. Serve hot with pounded yam, fufu or eba.