Ofe Oha

Ofe Oha, also called Oha soup, is a traditional soup of the Igbo people of south eastern Nigeria, known for its rich flavour and for the fresh oha leaves from which it takes its name. The leaves are the main ingredient, and the soup is built around them with uziza, achi as a soup thickener, meat, crayfish, palm oil and salt. It is also known as uha, aja and ora soup. Oha leaf should not be confused with the similar looking uturukpa leaf, which is a different tree, milder and a little bitter, and is used for a separate dish, Ofe Uturukpa. Among the Igbo, Ofe Oha is mainly eaten with akpu or garri, while the Efik, Anaang and Ibibio people eat it best with pounded yam, and semolina, wheat and utara are also named as accompaniments.