In Nigeria, the members of the Igbo people comprises of Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo and some parts of Delta state respectively. Ogiri is not a new word in Igbo land. But its preparation is what many may not know. Its uses include in the preparation of soups like oha/ora soup, onugbu soup, etc. It is also a crucial ingredient in the preparation of African salad (Abacha).
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Ogiri-Igbo are of two types, and they are:-
1. The one prepared with melon seeds (egusi), combined with ugba seeds.
2. The one prepared exclusively with ugba seeds.
The more effective one is the latter, i.e the one prepared exclusively with ugba seeds. The incumbent title of this article is on how to prepare Ogiri-Igbo. The reason why I added the suffix "Igbo" to the word "Ogiri", is because in Igbo land, Ogiri are of two types, i.e "Ogiri-Awusa or Hausa" and "Ogiri-Igbo". But the one I am about to slate its recipe is that of Ogiri-Igbo. The preparation of Ogiri-Igbo is not that easy, because the ugba seeds has to be allowed to ferment. And that contributes to its pungent aroma! Ogiri-Igbo can be orally administered, and that is, if the taste suits your tongue! Now, lets head straight to the subject matter, and that is on how to prepare Ogiri-Igbo!
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Ugba seeds (600 approx.)
2. Uma leaves
3. Dried leaves of black plantain
4. Ropes from palm fronds
5. 25 litres of water
6. Cooker e.g stove, etc
7. A pot with lid
8. A mortar and pestle
9. Metal basin
10. ßig kitchen bowl
11. Steel net
12. Metal sieve
13. Refuse bin
14. A kitchen spoon
15. Flat plates (3)
16. A soap and sponge
17. 2" x 4" table
18. A match box
19. Perforated kitchen spoon
PREPARATION
Fill the big kitchen bowl with specific amount of ugba seeds, approximately 600 seeds.
Naturally, ugba seeds are not readily in broken form, as it is enclosed in a shell, with spotted colours of white and brownish-black. Break the ugba seeds, with mortar and pestle, so as to get the real white seeds of ugba. Empty the broken shells of ugba seeds into a refuse bin and wash the mortar. Now, its time for you to ignite your cooker. As you have ignited your cooker, use it to burn the dried leaves of black plantain into ashes. You may be pondering on the possibility of this! It is just simple, just hang the dried leaves of black plantain over the flames of fire from your cooker, and as it begins to burn, remove it from your cooker and place it above the metal basin, so that its debris will fall into the metal basin that is below it. Now, blow off your cooker! The debris from the burnt black plantain's leaves is called the ash. In Igbo, we do say "ntu-ogiri".
Note: In Igbo land, black plantain is called "unere-oji". And the leaves can also be called "aku unere-oji". In Igbo language, a leaf means "aku",and "aku" also means "wealth". The same spelling, but variation in speech sound!
Back to track! Now that you have collected the ash by burning the black plantain's leaves, empty the ash in a flat plate, then empty the seeds of ugba in a pot and fill it with water, depending on the quantity of ugba seeds that are available. Ignite your cooker, then put the pot containing the ugba seeds on fire, and cook for about 20 mins, then bring the pot down from your cooker, and blow off the fire. Filter off the water from the pot with a metal sieve, and use the perforated kitchen spoon to empty it into a big kitchen bowl. This is the time for you to manually scrape off the filmy coatings from the ugba seeds. The removal is normally done with the use of hands.
The reason why the filmy coatings are removed from the cooked ugba seeds is because it was believed and proven that the coatings are very poisonous to health, especially when orally taken.
Now that you have finished removing the coatings from the ugba seeds, wash the seeds and empty it into the pot again. Make sure that the pot is rinsed thoroughly, so as to avoid mixture of acids from your previous cooks. As the pot has been rinsed thoroughly with clean water, keep it aside and empty the ash and the ugba seeds that its filmy coatings has been removed, into a mortar and pound the mixture with a pestle. You need to pound the mixture into aqueous solution. The next thing is for you to spread the uma leaves on top of the table, and convey the aqueous mixture into it. Using your hands, fold the uma leaves so as to enclose the mixture, then wrap the mixture with uma leaves. You can add more uma leaves to any mixture that may leak. Use the ropes of a palm frond to tie the wrapped mixture of ugba and ash!
Note: The mixture contains only the ash from the black plantain's leaf, and the grinded seeds of ugba!
As you have tied them in an uma leaves, empty them into a pot. The pot will contain water, with uma leaves carpeted at the bottom of the pot. Place the tied mixture on top of it, ignite your cooker and cook the mixture for about 2 or 3 days, but the cooking should be at intervals. The cooking may last for 8 - 9 hours, if constantly heated at 100*C. As you have finished cooking the mixture, blow off your cooker, and use the perforated kitchen spoon to empty them into a metal sieve, and dispose the water that was used in cooking it. Ignite your cooker again, and place the metal net on top of the stove. Then place the cooked mixture on top of the metal net, so as to dry it up. This time, mild heat is most preferable.
Note: The colour change is due to fermentation, as it was cooked for a long time, and as well, the ash colour!
As it has dried up, the next is for you to package them, so as to be conveyed to a public market for sale. You can also use it for domestic purposes also. And now, an Ogiri-Igbo has been adeptly prepared!
APPRECIATION
My appreciation goes to God Almighty, who made this script possible, and I also want to use this medium to thank Uchechi, a female nutrition student at U.N.N for commending my article on Oha/Ora soup and how to prepare African salad. She also asked me to conduct a research on how to prepare Ogiri-Igbo. I thank God that this research was exuberantly conducted!
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