Hi everybody, I am aware that the last few months have been absolute torture. In the Southern and Western parts of Nigeria, I’ve found that most of our dishes call for Soup as a side dish. I’ll share some advice on how to make soups that are excellent and economical.

1) Dried Red Bell Pepper:

If you want a soup to which you may keep adding water, Dried tatashe can work wonders. Its main job is to make the soup thicker. A few dried peppercorns can make a significant impact in your pot of soup or stew. Simply add it to the remaining ingredients, combine, and use as usual. Soak in hot water for 30 to 1 hour to soften.

Although I don’t have a recipe on hand, it might go something like this:
-a few tomato puree sachets, perhaps two or three sachets.
2 onions and 10 dried red bell peppers
-Dried Chile Pepper -Other seasonings, such as garlic.
-oil as usual, make your stew, grinning.

2. Soya Cheese

Soya Cheese is an excellent alternative to pricey proteins. The drawback is that it takes time and energy to peel, boil, cook, and/or fry the meat-like replacements.

You can get fermented/sour water from those who produce ogi/pap/cornmeal in place of lime juice. Free or inexpensive purchases are also options available. The same amount of soy milk is required for curdling. Simply stir it into the boiling milk and watch for the curd to form.

3. Sonbo or Dried Chili Pepper

It’s funny how most people choose scotch bonnet pepper (Pepper) over dried chili pepper when times are tough. Dried chili pepper is also known as sonbo. Make a little, less expensive sauce for rice, yams, or beans. Simply place your dried chili pepper in boiling water to soften it, or soak it overnight. Then, sauté as usual while adding enough onions, ginger, garlic, and other spices to temper the heat. Please leave off the ginger if you don’t really enjoy hot sauce. You can consume your rice, beans, and yam with this combination.

4. Egg Stew

Egg stew is a fantastic alternative to fried eggs because it doesn’t require a lot of eggs to make it.

-Blend your pepper and onion, then fry; if you’re making more, avoid a thick consistency.

-Be in season

-Fill in the beaten eggs.

-Keep mixing until the mixture has solidified.

5. Lafun, Wheat, & Cornmeal (Tuwo)

You can substitute lafun, cornmeal (tuwo), and wheat for yams such as amala, eat, semo, and poundo, as well as occasionally garri. Did I hear “poverty foods”? I respectfully object. Eating is eating. You don’t need to give a reason for eating something if it tastes good and is full. They are not less nutritious than other foods in the same category just because the manufacturing process is less expensive.

6. Beans Soup(Gbegiri)

Bean soup (Gbegiri) is an excellent and healthful replacement for the soups that go with morsels. Beans should be peeled, boiled with onions until they are tender, mashed, and sieved (if you have a blender, just blend the beans with the rest of the ingredients or you could blend the beans and add it to the Pepper mix).

7. Okro/Ogbono Soup

This is the perfect time to learn how to cook okro soup, also known as ogbono. A delicious soup can be made without tomato or pepper combination. With palm oil and dried pepper, you can create a delicious okro soup.

8. Banga Soup (Palm Fruit)

Banga soup (palm fruit) is a typical dish in the SS and SE of Nigeria. The majority of the soup is made up of palm fruit extracts. It is a fantastic substitute for authentic egusi soup or veggie soups.

9. Melon Soup

This kind of melon soup is different from others. It seems to have its roots in Ijebu. It is not the same as the common melon soup. This soup’s incredible feature is that you may eat it with rice and other small bites. The use of red bell pepper or dried red bell pepper is optional. You blend the dried melon with onions, scotch bonnet pepper, or dry chili pepper. You can keep adding water until the mixture has the consistency you want because it typically contains more water.

10. Achi Soup

Oha leaves, okazi leaves, ugu leaves, bitter leaves, and other vegetables are used to make the traditional African soup achi. Achi powder is also used to make achi soup ( gotten from air-dried achi seed crushes and ground into powder).

Achi Soup Ingredients

• Assorted meat
  • Beef
  • Shaki (cow tripe)
  • Ponmo (cow skin)
• Assorted dry fish
  • Dry fish
  • Stockfish (dry cod)
• Oha leaves
• 2 tablespoons powdered achi thickener
• ¼ cup red palm oil
• ¼ cup ground crayfish
• 1 teaspoon ogiri Igbo
• 2 seasoning cubes
• Yellow habanero pepper to your taste
• Salt to your taste

Directions for making the Achi Soup

1. Cook the meats with the seasoning cubes till done.
2. If you are using stockfish, you can cook it with the meats, see video below for the type of stockfish that I use. It has the same cooking time as beef and shaki.
3. While that is cooking, pick the oha leaves and tear them up with your finger tips. See video below.
4. When the meat and stockfish are done, add dry fish (if you are using it, soaked, deboned and broken into pieces).
5. Boil for a bit and add crayfish. Please note that at this time, I had about 1.5 litres (1.5 quarts, 6.5 cups, 1/3 gallon) of meat and fish stock in the pot. This is the quantity of liquid the stated quantity of achi thickener can thicken.
6. Mix the achi thickener with some water to bring it to a medium consistency, see video below.
7. Add ogiri Igbo, yellow habanero peppers (pounded in a mortar or chopped with a knife), the mixed achi thickener and palm oil.
8. Cover and cook for about 7 minutes, stirring it often so it does not stick to the pot.
9. Add the oha, stir and add salt to your taste.
10. Take it off the stove and transfer to a cool container immediately so the oha does not darken.

Conclusion
This concludes the estimation process for cooking cheap food to survive this recession you find youself.

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