HOW TO REMOVE LUMPS IN OGBONO SOUP

If you are not African, you might not know ogbono soup. Permit me to explain this to my non-African readers what ogbono is then we can proceed to the essence of this article.

Ogbono soup is a Nigerian dish made with dry ground ogbono seeds. 

It originated from the eastern part of Nigeria where the Igbos come from. The seed is sometimes known as wild mango, African mango or bush mango.

Ogbono soup is easy to prepare and it is slimy in texture, similar to a soup called okra. The soup is called draw soup in English. 

How to remove lumps in Ogbono soup;

This soup is easy to make but if you don't start right, you will end up getting it wrong. If you ever find lumps while making this soup then something went wrong. I experienced this recently for the very first time and decided to share how I was able to get rid of the lumps.

Usually, there are two methods in making this soup, you can either fry or boil the ground seeds. Well, the frying method is my style.

When frying, you put the red oil first into the pot and allow it to dissolve for a few minutes, then put in the ogbono. Normally, you are supposed to mix and squash the ogbono with the red oil, then put in the meat stock and stir until the ogbono starts to thicken and draw. This is what I normally do when preparing ogbono soup but this time it all went wrong. I didn't put enough red oil, and I didn't start stirring immediately. I also didn't let the oil mix properly with the ground ogbono. 

The next thing I saw, the soup had lumps. I don't know if you've experienced this before, if you have, you can tell me what you did to dissolve the lumps in the comment section below so we can try it. 

What I did to remove the lumps was use a sieve with tiny holes to separate the larger pieces of the draw soup from the rest. 

Then I went on to pour the larger pieces back into the pot, added water and turned the heat back on. While stirring the soup, I was squashing the lumps as well. Then, I used the sieve again to separate the larger pieces from the soup. I repeated this like four times and was able to get my smooth thick draw soup back.

Thereafter, I continued preparing my soup by adding pepper, salt, spice cubes, meat and vegetables (ugu leaf).

I hope this was helpful. Thanks for reading and enjoy your meal.

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