beautifulrosa:


May God be with u ma. It is well with ur soul

sorry teamie, may God strengthen u, and make his grace sufficient for u. I wish u a speedy recovery

South South mamas want me to me to flog their bonbom before they start giving us delicacies abi?

Ijaw and Bini, make una leave fracas and give us good food o.
Itsekiri
Urhobo
Esan
Etsako
Edo
Calabar
Akwaibomites
Riverians
Isoko
All the Niger Delta comman show your kitchen skills o

rollykotex:

I think she has been answered. my love to martins ma.

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Cutie Happy birthday love

mydeporch:

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LholarB:

Congrats mama,God bless you and ur prince.

Amen. Thanks MA

Happy birthday dearie... Try not to finish the cake alone and smashing of cake is not allowed

Thanks alot for your wishes and prayers mama. We feel loved already

mydeporch:

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mydeporch:

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Happy birthday darling, May u grow in grace, wisdom and understanding. May u fulfill destiny and bring joy to dadddy and mummy all the days of their lives. They will not bury u In Jesus Name. I love u Martins.

booqee:
wow such a miracle. God bless your baby.
Congrats!!

Amen. Thanks mama

Liftedhands:
Congrats Yeyeobas5 I thank God on your behalf.

Doffing my hat for you o! Back to back November birth 2016 and 2017! Same with AwesomeGodiav November 2015 and 2016.

You mamas are the real MVP! can't imagine the stress but I know God who made it possible will surely make it easy.

My sister, it wasn't easy but God proved himself. Amen. Thanks.

hlo maamas its bn a while.i really.miss u all.abeg hope say all team november don drop.wishing all team december safe delivery.

Ok lemme open the floor for South-South today

BLACK SOUP (BINI/ESAN) People of Edo State Benin City.
Esan call the soup Omoebe.

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups of blended bitter leaves
1 cup of Efinrin(Scent leave) -
Assorted Meat
Snail, beef, fresh fish, dryfish etc...
1 big piece of stock fish
Dried pepper(preffered)
1/2 cup of crayfish
1 1/2 cooking spoon of Palm nut cream or palm oil
Knorr cubes
Salt

PREPARATION METHOD

Boil and season your meats. If you are using organs like liver, heart and kidney, boil in a separate pot. For saki and cow leg, boil in the same pot as the meats. Remember to cook the meats with a strong tasting smoked fish variety like stock fish, smoked red prawns.
Whilst the meats are boiling, proceed to wash your bitter leaves. Once the leaves are less bitter, pour in a blender and blend till smooth. Set this aside. Another method of getting this bitter leaf done which i prefer is to pick the leaves, put in a pot with water and pottash boil. the pottash will take away the very bitter taste though not all. When its boil, bring down and wash the leaves. The leaves looks slimy when boiled so wash out everything(i normally do this under a runny tap with a sieve). Once you are through with washing, blend in a blender.
Pick the Efinrin off the stalk, rinse and blend too, then set aside
Add the blended bitter leaf and scent leave to an empty pot. Let it cook for 5 minutes then add your seasond stock, meat, assorted, snail etc in the same pot. Add your pepper, salt, seasoning, palm kernel cream or palm oil and allow everything cook together. Avoid your soup being watery so be very careful with the amount of water you put. Let the soup cook for another 5-10 minutes and serve hot with starch, Pounded yam or eba. Yummy

Photo Credit...Google

mydeporch:

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Happy birthday handsome. May you celebrate more birthdays in future. Make your parents and society proud, Amen.

Belladsweet after blending it won't it be too bitter even after washing it? Fresh bitterleaf or the already washed one? Is the bitterleaf compulsory to be blended? Palm nut cream is it freshly processed palmoil? Don't be angry, immediately I saw the blended bitterleaf, my taste bud changed.

FloraEC:
Belladsweet after blending it won't it be too bitter even after washing it? Fresh bitterleaf or the already washed one? Is the bitterleaf compulsory to be blended? Palm nut cream is it freshly processed palmoil? Don't be angry, immediately I saw the blended bitterleaf, my taste bud changed.

Afo ukwu. Agadi .

FloraEC:
Belladsweet after blending it won't it be too bitter even after washing it? Fresh bitterleaf or the already washed one? Is the bitterleaf compulsory to be blended? Palm nut cream is it freshly processed palmoil? Don't be angry, immediately I saw the blended bitterleaf, my taste bud changed.

You wash the bitter leaf before you blend o you can also use the other method which is boiling it with pottash my aunty taught me that other method which i prefer and its easier.

Yes freshly processed palm. Some people mix banga soup with the soup and its nice as well. You can use banga soup that have stayed for even two days. Whenever i dont have any of that, i use palm oil. But the palm oil you use will not be as much as the fresh palm kernel.

Yes you have to blend the bitterleaf and scent leaf together.

NOTE:

This soup is also good for a woman that just put to birth. Mothers from Benin always prepare this soup specially with uda and some little pepper soup ingredient to be taken with pounded yam for their daughters whenever they are coming for omugwo...

belladsweet:
Please mamas my folic acid finished 2days ago and the doctor recommended this drug. 1per day he said i should continue with this instead of folic please who have used this before? just want to make inquiry before i start using it. Thanks

Please i asked a question about a drug earlier called Microfer posted the pics too and i am yet to get and answer. Please dont read and pass...Thanks

FloraEC:
Belladsweet after blending it won't it be too bitter even after washing it? Fresh bitterleaf or the already washed one? Is the bitterleaf compulsory to be blended? Palm nut cream is it freshly processed palmoil? Don't be angry, immediately I saw the blended bitterleaf, my taste bud changed.

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Our method of cooking it is boiling before blending

FloraEC:
Belladsweet after blending it won't it be too bitter even after washing it? Fresh bitterleaf or the already washed one? Is the bitterleaf compulsory to be blended? Palm nut cream is it freshly processed palmoil? Don't be angry, immediately I saw the blended bitterleaf, my taste bud changed.

Lol... Don't use potash o thats why I stopped eating ukwa until after delivery. Boiling the bitter leaf for some minutes would ease the bitterness

MummyAudrey:
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Our method of cooking it is boiling before blending

Yes boiling before blending is the method i am even good at which i prefer too. But one have to be careful cos of the foamy substance it brings when covered and being boiled. Sometimes my kitchen will be filled with so much green water. Someones gas or stove can even go off in the process because of the water being poured when boiling...

Note: I dont think this dish is recommended for pregnant women especially the ones that intend boiling the bitterleaf with pottash wait till after deliver ooo

beyedew:
[/b] Afo ukwu. Agadi .

Nne m, blended bitterleaf dị somehow n'anya. Odika nsị akworiri akwori.

VivyGift:


Lol... Don't use potash o thats why I stopped eating ukwa until after delivery. Boiling the bitter leaf for from minutes would ease the bitterness

You can use ngu for the ukwa na

FloraEC:


Nne m, blended bitterleaf dị somehow n'anya. Odika nsị akworiri akwori.

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Diverse cultures with foods to match.

belladsweet:
You wash the bitter leaf before you blend o you can also use the other method which is boiling it with pottash my aunty taught me that other method which i prefer and its easier.

Yes freshly processed palm. Some people mix banga soup with the soup and its nice as well. You can use banga soup that have stayed for even two days. Whenever i dont have any of that, i use palm oil. But the palm oil you use will not be as much as the fresh palm kernel.

Yes you have to blend the bitterleaf and scent leaf together.

NOTE:

This soup is also good for a woman that just put to birth. Mothers from Benin always prepare this soup specially with uda and some little pepper soup ingredient to be taken with pounded yam for their daughters whenever they are coming for omugwo...

Can I use ugu&scent leaf instead? Have never tried cooking bitterleaf with potash. The soup looks easy to cook

beyedew:

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Diverse cultures with foods to match.

True my dear, never knew blended bitterleaf can be used for cooking.

South-South please na, since I dun have appetite today, lemme just lick my screen.

belladsweet:
Please mamas my folic acid finished 2days ago and the doctor recommended this drug. 1per day he said i should continue with this instead of folic please who have used this before? just want to make inquiry before i start using it. Thanks

I have used it before both this one you posted and the suspension. It contains folic acid already and other essential vitamins but the folic acid contained in it is small.

Jina24:


I have used it before both this one you posted and the suspension. It contains folic acid already and other essential vitamins but the folic acid contained in it is small.

Ok thanks. Do you suggest i use together with folic acid since the FA in it is small or i should finish this one first?

Happy weekend Mamas in the house..pls I like to know what I can rub on my stomach during pregnancy to prevent stretch mark. Hubby jst told me yesterday that he is seeing some small stretch mark on my tummy..I am 30 weeks already, I hope its not too late to start rubbing something now?

FloraEC:


Can I use ugu&scent leaf instead? Have never tried cooking bitterleaf with potash. The soup looks easy to cook

You can try it though i dont know what it will taste like cos i have never tried it. There is another recipe known to Ondo people called Marugbo Soup i think if you use ugwu, that is what you will be cooking not Bini black soup again...Other mamas that have used ugwu and scent leaves will chook mouth...

By cooking with pottash not like you will cook with pottash and eat. You only boil the bitter leaf with pottash, then wash away with sieve. The pottash only helps to kill the bitter taste when boiling it will not be used for the cooking at all.

Afang soup

Ingredients
Pomo
Periwinkle
Stock fish
Meat
Crayfish
Pepper
Maggi
Salt
Palm oil
Afang
Waterleaf

In my area 1 peak milk cup of afang is 150. I buy 4 cups and I buy 150 Naira worth of Waterleaf

When buying you can ask the people selling about the quantity of afang that you can use with Waterleaf. The Waterleaf should not be more than the afang.

Preparation
I have to say though, there are 2 types of afang leaves. There's the dried one and there's the fresh one. there's no difference between the two actually. Just that if you are to pound, the fresh one will be easier to deal with.

Let them going the afang for you in the market (some people don't like to do it sha) (they usually grind it in the small hand machine they use to grind crayfish) but if they refuse, you can pound it with mortar.

Wash your meat, season, and put on fire.
Wash and cut your Waterleaf
Cook your stock fish
If your using the periwinkle in the shells, cook it for 10mins. If it's the unshelled one, no need to precook

When it's done, leave small stock in the pot, put your waterleaf, let it cook for like 5mins on medium heat.
Put your crayfish, Maggi, add pepper if you like your food peppery. Put your stock fish, periwinkle and stir.

Add your afang, let it cook for 5 mins, then add your palm oil, stir, taste for salt and pepper, leave to simmer for a min or two, then bring it down and serve with any swallow of your choice

Angel2424:
Happy weekend Mamas in the house..pls I like to know what I can rub on my stomach during pregnancy to prevent stretch mark. Hubby jst told me yesterday that he is seeing some small stretch mark on my tummy..I am 30 weeks already, I hope its not too late to start rubbing something now?

I learnt original olive oil helps...