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Ukazi Soup

A community recipe for Ukazi Soup, adapted from the collaboratively edited Wikibooks Cookbook.

15 minutes
Easy difficulty
Creative Commons source

Gather

Ingredients

  • 6 pieces Meat optional
  • As needed Periwinkles Or Snail Meat (Optional)
  • 4 Dryfish cleaned
  • 3 Stock Cubes
  • ¾ cup Palm Oil
  • 2 each Habanero Chiles chopped
  • 60 g Achara optional
  • 6 Crayfish
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 40 g Okazi leaf

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Boil the meat and fish in water with stock cubes until the meat is tender.

  2. 2

    Stir in the palm oil and chiles. Cook until yellow.

  3. 3

    Reduce the heat and stir in the achara and crayfish.

  4. 4

    Season to taste with stock cubes and salt, then cook for 5 more minutes.

  5. 5

    Stir in the okazi leaf, and cook for 3 minutes.

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Source & rights

Where this recipe comes from

Adapted from “Ukazi Soup” by Wikibooks contributors, revision 4508924, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This source recipe has been reformatted for Pantry Start but has not yet been kitchen-tested by our editors. Check current food-safety guidance and use your judgment.