Ingredients for Afang Soup
400g sliced Okazi/Afang leaves | about 4 handfuls 250g Water leaves
20 to 25 cl red palm oil (about 1 drink glass)
Beef, Kanda and Dry fish
2 tablespoons ground crayfish Pepper and salt (to taste)
2 stock cubes
Notes on the ingredients
Great alternative to water leaves is Lamb’s Lettuce, known as Canonigos in Spanish. Yes, you need that much palm oil.
Before you cook the Nigerian Afang Soup
Wash, drain and slice the water leaves into tiny pieces. Grind or pound the sliced Okazi leaves. In Nigerian markets, the sellers of these sliced Okazi leaves have a machine for grinding it. You can also grind it with your blender with a small quantity of water.
Grind your pepper and crayfish and cut the onions into tiny pieces.
Cooking Directions
Boil the beef and Kanda with the diced onions and stock cubes in a very small quantity of water. When done, add the dry fish and cook for about 5 more minutes.
Now add the palm oil, crayfish and pepper. Once it starts boiling, add the afang (okazi) leaves, water leaves and periwinkle. When the okazi leaves have softened and the water has dried up a bit, add salt to taste and leave to simmer for about 5 minutes. The Afang soup is ready!