How to prepare Okpa an Nsukka food

in The City of Neoxian2 years ago

How to prepare Okpa a food from Nsukka in Enugu State.
Okpa is one of the famous food in Nsukka area of Enugu State Nigeria.
Okpa is called Bambara nut in English.

This is how it is been prepared

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Ingredients for the okpa

*You have to grind the nut to powder
Then sieve it to avoid it having balls while mixing.

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*You grind uzuza using local grinding stone.
Uzuza is to give the okpa a nice scent And it also prevent running stomach for those who usually have running stomach after eating it.

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*You grind fresh pepper if you have, if you don't, you make use of dry grinded pepper.

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  • Salt, look-warm water and leather or tin or banana leaf.
    But in our case we're using leather

The mixer

Adding of uzuza, salt and fresh pepper

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After about 2 hours On the fire the okpa is ready.
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If the have the opportunity to visit Enugu State Nigeria
Make sure you reach Nsukka to have a taste of their famous okpa.

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God bless you friends.

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