Ukazi or Okazi (wild spinach) soup is an Igbo soup similar to
Afang soup of the
Efik tribe; the difference between the two is that Afang is thicker than Okasi aside the peculiarity to each tribe.
The soup is made majorly from two leaves:
okazi and
water leaf.
Some ingredients used in making the soup include
palm oil
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,
egusi balls (mgbam),
crayfish
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and seasoning cubes. Okazi soup can be eaten with
swallows
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such as
eba, Semo and
pounded yam
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.
See also
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Nigerian cuisine
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Ubakala
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Gnetum africanum
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References
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Nigerian soups