Nope, you cannot use palm oil.

I need more traditional soup recipe.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Just washed, not perboiled.

So eb’ewewia plus or minus bitter leaf, scent leaf, oziza, utazi or pumpkin, etc will still give you a fantastic pot of black soup.
But lemme go and arrange mine with bitter leaf today Sha!

Bitter leaf is part of the needed ingredients for black soup but you can try skipping it, who knows, you may end up with something more delicious 😀

Is it a must I use bitterleaf
Cos I don’t like bitter leaf o

I’m definitely making this tomorrow. It’s about time we started exploring other kinds of soups. Thank you, Chidi.

Bitter leaf is ALWAYS washed before it is used to cook. Come on now!! Are you not an ibo woman?

Oyeeeeee!!🙂

Chai Dorothy, this is not Bini soup, it is Esan soup, Bini is Owo and plantain. I was born and bred in Benin City, the binis used to laugh at us Esan for eating this soup. But in recent years because of its medicinal values and presentation at esan weddings, my bini people are now cooking it.

Yes ohh try it and you will not want to use another soup ever again for your swallow lol

Esan Oyeeee!!!!

Lol, funny mother in-law. Now you know how to make it. Check if she adds ugbore and ogi to hers ohhh because that will make the difference as well. Pele and welcome to our homeland.

Yeah, sure.

The colour is derived from the green leaves. So it’s nothing weird at all ?

yes we eat it and it really taste super good, its very medicinal and detox as well

Wash first.

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You wash before you grind. You don’t want bitter blacksoup trust me.

Lol, Thanks for your feedback.

lol…yes, very medicinal too..

Lol, Please steal that man for good.

Yes darling we eat it

The black thing… referring to alligator pepper

We also use it in Esan culture for women who just put to bed. The difference is that it’ll have all the ingredients for Pepper soup inside…the black looking thing and all that.

When I put to bed, I was given pepper soup nothing happened but after my mum made the black soup with all the Pepper soup spices…in less than 5mins the results started manifesting.

Well done ma.

yes u can

My dear it’s an Esan soup called “Omebe”.

Omebe. Very correct.

My dear. Benin own type of black soup is usually made with palm oil. Esan pple dnt make black soup with palm oil but with banga. Black soup is as much Benin soup as it is Esan. Point of correction

I am an esan lady and this soup is an esan delicacy. Thank you