Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, otong(efik okro soup). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Otong(Efik Okro Soup) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Otong(Efik Okro Soup) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Otong soup is a popular delicious traditional Okra soup recipe from the Efik people of Cross river, South Eastern Nigeria. Otong soup is very similar to the Yoruba Okra Soup; Ila Alasepo. The major difference is the addition of Ugu leaves which isn't a requirement in the preparation of Ila Alasepo.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have otong(efik okro soup) using 12 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Otong(Efik Okro Soup):

1. Prepare 200 g Ugu
2. Make ready 200 g Okro
3. Get 100 g Uziza
4. Get 600 g Ponmo
5. Prepare 3 pcs Fried Fish
6. Get Others
7. Make ready Palm oil 1cooking spoon
8. Make ready Ground Crayfish 2cooking Spoon
9. Make ready Ground pepper
10. Take Iru(seeded)
11. Make ready Cube Seasoning
12. Prepare Salt

Okra (Okro) Soup is a farm fresh soup recipe prepared with green vegetables. Do you know how to prepare it so that the vegetables look yummy in the plate? Otong soup is Efik version of Okro soup. It is characterised by two main ingredients Okro and Ugwu.

Instructions to make Otong(Efik Okro Soup):

1. Assemble main ingredients,wash ponmo,season with pepper,seasoning cube and little salt,marinate for 1hr,to bring out the taste
2. Wash and slice all vegetable,soak iru to make possible sand settle,after marinating, add enough water to boil ponmo,after 3mins,add palm oil,crayfish, iru,seasoning cube,bring to boil,add okro stir,boil for a min,add ugu,stir,boil for a min,taste to adjust with salt,add uziza last,stir,cook for a min,add fried fish,pls don't cover the pot,while cooking…turn off heat,enjoy with favourite morsel!!!

Otong soup is nutritious and it is high in iron content. To the Yorubas this is called Ila asepo (with variation). I don't get tired of okro soup be it Ila asepo, otong soup, Ogbono Okro or plain okro. This is a video tutorial to help those who may not be familiar with how to cook okra soup the Efik or Akwa Ibom State way. This video is by no means.

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