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Here's some info about ogbono:


Ogbono soup is a traditional Nigerian soup where “ogbono” represents the inner kernels of the wild African mango, and when cooked has a viscous, glutinous texture(termed “draw”soup), and a nutmeg colour. Besides the ogbono seeds, water and oil, the soup typically contains leaf vegetables, other vegetables, seasonings, and meat. Typical leaf vegetable include bitter leaf and ugwu. Typical other vegetables include okra, and for some tastes, tomatoes.
Typical meats include beef, goat, fish, chicken, bushmeat shrimp or crayfish, stockfish and the ever-popular tripe. It can be eaten with pounded yam, eba, amala etc or with rice. (rice?? sounds yummy. . . )

Here's a helpful recipe too. . .

lkg/ 21b assorted meats (oxtail, tripe, ponmo & bushmeat)
450g/llb stock fish(pre-soaked)
450g / llb dried fish (washed)
225g / 8oz whole dry prawns (cleaned)
225g / 8oz ground ogbono seeds
225g/8oz ground crayfish
25g / 8oz ground pepper
25g / loz iru
I medium onion
290ml /10 fl oz palmoil
3pt stock or water
salt to taste
Washed the assorted meats thoroughly and place in a pot. Add the sliced onions, ground pepper and some stock or water. Cook for 30 minutes. Add the washed smoked fish and stockfish, cook for a further 10-15 minutes adding a drop of water or stock as needed to stop it from burning.
In another pot, heat the oil and fry the ground seeds for 3 minutes to bring out the nutty flavour.
Gradually add the stock and whisk until it draws and bubbles. Add the cooked meats peppers and crayfish.
Dissolve the locust bean in a little stock and add to the soup. Allow to simmer for another 10 minutes, check seasoning and serve hot with pounded yam.

VARIATIONS
OGBONO SOUP WITH BITTER LEAF
225g / 8oz washed bitter leaf added to main recipe
OGBONO SOUP WITH UGWU
500g / llb shredded ugwu leaves added to main recipe.


You can also add mushroom and Okro to this soup to give it a diffrerent flavour


PS---I love ogbono but I'll be the first to admit it's not very photogenic - or I'd have put up a picture. Nevertheless, it looks good and tastes good "on ground" as my warfi people will say .

As for egusi soup, make the egusi lovers post their own

@rare004
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@ mystikal

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Did you see how S'vash was practically forcing 1k from Noirin because they had a bet in the house that she'd pose nude for mags, which she has done? The girl just ignored the idiot. Charity ko, charity ni. He's using the money for his ridiculous costumes .

They didn't perish, @ Sauron---they simply moved on to bigger and better things. . . . .