recipe.exchange

Miyan Kuka (Baobab Leaf Soup)

@arecipe.bsky.social

Miyan kuka ("baobab leaf soup") is a Northern Nigerian soup prepared with dried ground baobab leaves (kuka). This soup is paired with tuwo shinkafa or tuwo masara.

Total 00:20
Yield 2–3

Ingredients

  • 2 large dried catfish
  • 1 large dawa dawa lump
  • 2 handfuls ground crayfish
  • Atarugu (habanero pepper)
  • 1 kg cow rib
  • 2 large stock cube
  • Salt, to taste
  • 1 onion, cut in chunks
  • 3 tablespoons kuka (baobab leaf) powder
  • 2 cooking spoons palm oil

Instructions

  1. 1
    Soak the dried fish in cold water. Debone when soft.
  2. 2
    Grind the crayfish with dawadawa. Pound the pepper.
  3. 3
    Cook the cow ribs with water, stock cube, salt, and onions until the meat is tender. Remove the onions, then the beef, reserving the stock in the pot.
  4. 4
    Stir the kuka powder into the reserved stock until smooth, with no lumps.
  5. 5
    Stir in pounded pepper, crayfish and dawa dawa mixture, and palm oil.
  6. 6
    Add the deboned fish, cover, and cook 5 minutes over medium heat.
  7. 7
    Stir in beef, and add salt to taste. Cook for 2 minutes.
  8. 8
    Serve with tuwo shinkafa or tuwo masara.
Category
Soups

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Miyan_Kuka_(Baobab_Leaf_Soup)