Starch and Owo is one of the main dish eaten by the
Delta people especially the urhobo’s, some other states eat it also. This is
one way it can be prepared.
Ingredients
Garri
Potash(Akaun)
Crayfish, Big crayfish
Palm oil
Salt, magi, dry pepper
Dry fish, Meat.
Preparation
Soak the garri in a bowl, little quantity 1 cup
depending on the soup quantity. Keep pouring the water left on top of the
soaked garri until the garri looks smooth then live some water in it until it
is soft. Smash the potash till it becomes smooth, clean the dry fish and boil
the meat.
Put water in the pot and place on fire, add crayfish/big
crayfish, dry fish, meat the soaked garri and dry pepper. Stir the garri and
keep stiring to avoid the garri turning into blocks . Add the potash now if it
is not smooth or wait till the soup is ready to be dropped from heat then
reduced the heat after adding the akaun to avoid boiling out of the pot. Add
salt, maggi, allow to boil for 10mins and drop the soup. The last thing to do
is add the palm oil, small quantity stir and voila your owo soup is ready.
Simple and quick right? Best served with starch, yam or unripe plantain. Give it
a try!
Most people find it difficult to make starch, but it
is simple to make, just like Amala. Here is my way of making seedless smooth
starch.
Boil water and set aside, then smash the starch with
your hands and mix with small quantity of water like making Akamu, add a spoon
or more depending on the quantity to the mixed starch and pour the boiled water
into the starch, reasonable quantity then put on fire, now here’s the trick,
keep stirring while on fire till the starch becomes thick and that’s it people
your seedless starch is ready.
Pictures after the cut
