Afang soup is one of the easiest Nigerian soups you can make - it is also delicious and full of nutrition! If you live in Nigeria, it is better to grind it at the market-your soup would be less watery & the texture better (but I realise they don't wash the leaves before grinding which is why I prefer grinding at home)
Hello Sisi. You can try pounding the leaves instead. Wouldn't require water, so the soup will be drier. Also if you find somehow that the water is too much, leave the pot open for the water to vaporize
There are two major ways of cooking it, most people don't know the other method which doesn't require waterleaf and it's a classic. It's called "Afang eyop" Eyop there is what the Igbos called banga. Afang eyop is prepared the same way banga soup is prepared and it goes this way:- 1. Boil the palm kernel in water until soft. This should take about 20 to 25 minutes. 2. In a mortar and pestle, pound the kernels until pulpy, then transfer the pulps to a large bowl. Add water and sieve into another bowl or pot. Keep doing this until you get enough liquid extract to make your soup. Dispose of the rest. 3. Wash and season your meats, fish (preferably fresh cat fish) and whatever else you are using and boil until soft (the same way you are doing in this video). 4. Boil the extracted palm kenel liquid for about 10 to 15 minutes. 5. Then add your meat, fish, crayfish, a little more chilli powder, salt and seasoning cube to taste and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes. 5. Add your Afang leaves and let it cook for about 15 -20 minutes or less. That’s it. Don't forget to come and thank me later. :D God bless my mama.
I cook this soup every other week, my favourite. I usually add my palm oil before I add the water leaf, then the Ukazi. The palm oil mixing with the stock, before the introduction and soaking of the waterleaf and ukazi makes it taste amazing. Nice one sisi
Sis Yemi I really like that your recipes is natural and fast, you didn't talk too much, you didn't waste time. But I most also mention (as a cross-river girl) that the traditional Afang soup is not blended, the least you can do is eat pound the afang just a little bit. I am not shading your recipe, I love it.. Guys you should try it out, but I also urge you to try it the way I recommended, you see how they sliced that afang for you, cook it like that or pound it a little to soften (seems like you like soft afang) and taste the massive difference. Its my people's local meal, so I had to comment. But then again. Thank you for great content.. Loving your channel ❤👍
Well done. I’m partly Calabar and grew up in Calabar. We cooked the soup all the time. I’m so glad to see you didn’t add onions. A typical CALABAR person cannot stand onions in Afang soup. You did well Sisi Yemmie.
I'm a calabar girl and Afang is my favorite soup. you cooked it very well but water was too much. we have a special waterleaf we use in cooking Afang which is 'curly waterleaf' it does not have water and very dry. next time try it
Just found out my fiance enjoys afang soup because he did his NYSC in Calabar but he loves to buy it from Calabar restaurants in Jos.. Never tasted it, never cooked it and am glad Sisi Yemmie did a video yayyyy....i enjoy watching your videos...so easy and love the explanantions. Am sure my fiance will be pleased and thank you!
I’m so curious to taste Nigerian food... Us Haitians, we never mix meats; like you would never see fish and goat together in one pot. So I find your cooking quite unique...
Oh wow..I guessed right. This is called eru in Cameroon. On the contrary, we don't blend the leaves. We cook the sliced ones like that..Very delicious.
ah reminds me of when i went home this Christmas. my mum blessed my whole soul with Afang! - My fav soup! and it must be with the periwinkle you suck out from the shell because it adds an extra flavour to me!
I got all the ingredients for afang soup only, to realize I don't have an idea on how to cook it. Stumbled on your video and my afang soup journey ended well😋. Thanks dear.
Thanks for sharing. Before adding the water leaf, wash and squeeze out excess of water,, also the dry prawn....I personally duo can not add it like that, this soup doesn't need whole dry prawns in, personal preference sha. Look yummy welldone.
Sisi, one day do a video of the leaves you use in your cooking so that I can see if they can be found in Kenya. I really enjoy your food vlogs with my ideas, I would love to try and cook it here.
In Congo we call it fumbwa leave or coco we chop it small just like u had it prior to put it in the processor we cook with peanut soup or what u guys call banga soup or in some sort of pepe soup we dont boil we add it at a very end u can even stop the fire before adding it
Sisiyemmie, I love this recipe. I live in Canada, what alternative vegetable that can be replaced for the Afang leaves 🍃? I can get the water leaves here but not the Afang leaves. Pls help. Thanks.
SisiYemmie, Pls always do well to caption each interval of your cooking video with the time it takes to wait or boil a particular ingredient of soups. For example, caption clearly on the video 5mins if it should take 5mins to boil the meat and other chewables before adding waterleaf and the rest of it. it will help deaf subscribers at least since your video is targeting anyone irrespective of age and condition. My own opinion.
Hi Sisi Yemmie hope all is well☺️I was thinking if it was possible for you to look up western african dishes from for example sierra leone, liberia, togo etc that are similar to nigerian certain dishes and try to share your own recipe recreating them? That would be nice to see 😁
😭😭😭I need to stop watching your videos it's making me soooo hungry and missing home (Cameroon) I almost licked my phone screen. Food looks delicious 😋 😋 😋 😋... I do love 😍 your videos.. I'm always looking for new recipes to make. Thanks for sharing
Can I use spinach instead of water leafs because were I am there is no water leaf here, and please can I use dried ukazi because here I can’t find fresh urgent answer needed thanks.
Watching this video in 2024,i have never tasted afang soup but I will try it someday. If you dont want your waterleaf to be watery,add salt to it after cutting and leave it for some minutes before you wash it,do this and thank me later.
Thanks for this recipe. Going to try it out tomorrow. One suggestion though, if you could, I think it'd be nice for you to have a list of ingredients in the video description. Would really help all the amateur chefs out there
Man!! That soup looks magical...like it will change my life o!! I hope the company that I purchase my food stuff has the afang and water leaves. Sisi I love your make up and hair... that's my favorite hair style for you🤗.
What are other names for the herbs you use in your soup? Is it fresh spinach, basil, thyme ? That soup looks so healthy except I cannot eat shell fish so the periwinkles are out for me. ❤️🤷🏽♀️
Sisi Yemmie the love of my life 😍 hello MA, please can I ask why it's necessary blend the afang leaf into a paste and if yes, what is the difference between blending it and not? Also I have plezzzzed d subscribe button, I love u
I’m just going to the market to buy ingredients to make this soup 😃 I am from the North Eastern Part of NIGERIA but all I cook is soups from the South East 🙏😃🤗👍❤️😃🤗❤️😃💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
Sisi yemmie oh this soup recipe looks amazing and delicious omg mmmm but i can't have it eih my African how i miss everything about Nigeria thanks dear sister God bless you
Hi Sisi Yemmie! Could you please make a recipe for your Indomie remix noodles, I’ve seen you cook it in a blog before but I can’t find which one and there’s no recipe video for it😭 thank you I’d be sooo grateful! God bless and keep up the good work ❤️
AFANG SOUP is easily the best soup in the world. Blending the Afang leaves is like choosing fried rice to jollof rice at Nigerian parties. 😂. To get the taste of Afang soup, the Afang leaves should be pounded with a mortar. It tastes very differently, more like the road side Afang soups. Blending it would give you hotels Afang soup kind of taste which just doesn't cut it.
Blessing Edem i actually prefer the texture when i grind it in the market but they dont wash the leaves which is why i take it home to wash before grinding
Good morning love, I love your your energy. Just came across your channel on RUclips this morning and I’ve already subscribed and watched most of your videos!! Keep up the great works beautiful!!!❤️💗🌸👌🏾😊
As an Akwa ibom girl you tried,But next time you should grind it in the market or you own a dry grinder or mortar and pestle, so you can get 50 50 afang thickness
Sisi Yemmie you’re just making start thinking about this soup oooooo been a while, we don’t have water leaf for here I fit use spinach in place of water leaf?
Afang soup is one of the easiest Nigerian soups you can make - it is also delicious and full of nutrition! If you live in Nigeria, it is better to grind it at the market-your soup would be less watery & the texture better (but I realise they don't wash the leaves before grinding which is why I prefer grinding at home)
Won't the water leaves be overcooked?
Hello Sisi. You can try pounding the leaves instead. Wouldn't require water, so the soup will be drier.
Also if you find somehow that the water is too much, leave the pot open for the water to vaporize
SisiYemmieTV I love all your videos Sis💕❤️😘😘
There are two major ways of cooking it, most people don't know the other method which doesn't require waterleaf and it's a classic. It's called "Afang eyop" Eyop there is what the Igbos called banga.
Afang eyop is prepared the same way banga soup is prepared and it goes this way:-
1. Boil the palm kernel in water until soft. This should take about 20 to 25 minutes.
2. In a mortar and pestle, pound the kernels until pulpy, then transfer the pulps to a large bowl. Add water and sieve into another bowl or pot. Keep doing this until you get enough liquid extract to make your soup. Dispose of the rest.
3. Wash and season your meats, fish (preferably fresh cat fish) and whatever else you are using and boil until soft (the same way you are doing in this video).
4. Boil the extracted palm kenel liquid for about 10 to 15 minutes.
5. Then add your meat, fish, crayfish, a little more chilli powder, salt and seasoning cube to taste and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes.
5. Add your Afang leaves and let it cook for about 15 -20 minutes or less. That’s it.
Don't forget to come and thank me later. :D
God bless my mama.
I cook this soup every other week, my favourite. I usually add my palm oil before I add the water leaf, then the Ukazi. The palm oil mixing with the stock, before the introduction and soaking of the waterleaf and ukazi makes it taste amazing. Nice one sisi
Sis Yemi I really like that your recipes is natural and fast, you didn't talk too much, you didn't waste time. But I most also mention (as a cross-river girl) that the traditional Afang soup is not blended, the least you can do is eat pound the afang just a little bit. I am not shading your recipe, I love it.. Guys you should try it out, but I also urge you to try it the way I recommended, you see how they sliced that afang for you, cook it like that or pound it a little to soften (seems like you like soft afang) and taste the massive difference. Its my people's local meal, so I had to comment. But then again. Thank you for great content.. Loving your channel ❤👍
Well done. I’m partly Calabar and grew up in Calabar. We cooked the soup all the time. I’m so glad to see you didn’t add onions. A typical CALABAR person cannot stand onions in Afang soup. You did well Sisi Yemmie.
I'm a calabar girl and Afang is my favorite soup. you cooked it very well but water was too much. we have a special waterleaf we use in cooking Afang which is 'curly waterleaf' it does not have water and very dry. next time try it
Just found out my fiance enjoys afang soup because he did his NYSC in Calabar but he loves to buy it from Calabar restaurants in Jos.. Never tasted it, never cooked it and am glad Sisi Yemmie did a video yayyyy....i enjoy watching your videos...so easy and love the explanantions. Am sure my fiance will be pleased and thank you!
Watching this in 2024 and I just want to say thank you for taking us to the market with you. That’s what makes this video x100 better 🥺
I’m so curious to taste Nigerian food... Us Haitians, we never mix meats; like you would never see fish and goat together in one pot. So I find your cooking quite unique...
Oh wow..I guessed right. This is called eru in Cameroon. On the contrary, we don't blend the leaves. We cook the sliced ones like that..Very delicious.
ah reminds me of when i went home this Christmas. my mum blessed my whole soul with Afang! - My fav soup! and it must be with the periwinkle you suck out from the shell because it adds an extra flavour to me!
Wow..it is similar to how we cook eru in Cameroon except for the fact that we let the water dry off from the soup. So yummy indeed...
This looks exactly like Mali “saga saga” the difference is that we cook it a little bit more to let the water dry. Very delicious.❤️😋
I love how you go straight to the point
I'm Kenyan in Nigeria, i tried this and the results were perfect 😋thank you
I got all the ingredients for afang soup only, to realize I don't have an idea on how to cook it. Stumbled on your video and my afang soup journey ended well😋. Thanks dear.
Thank you so much! you've been my life saver since I moved back to Nigeria
Thanks for sharing. Before adding the water leaf, wash and squeeze out excess of water,, also the dry prawn....I personally duo can not add it like that, this soup doesn't need whole dry prawns in, personal preference sha. Look yummy welldone.
I just love the woman
And her short way of cooking 😊😊😊
Sisi, one day do a video of the leaves you use in your cooking so that I can see if they can be found in Kenya. I really enjoy your food vlogs with my ideas, I would love to try and cook it here.
I just prepared the soup following every step you showed us and believe me, it turned out perfectly. Thanks
In Cameroon we call this eru, but we don’t blend our afang tho... I loveeeeee it with garri.
"Please press that subscribe button, it is free .I don't know why you are tighting, it to your chest "😂😂😂
please don't kill us with laughter sisi
In Congo we call it fumbwa leave or coco we chop it small just like u had it prior to put it in the processor we cook with peanut soup or what u guys call banga soup or in some sort of pepe soup we dont boil we add it at a very end u can even stop the fire before adding it
Sisi Yemmie, which market do you usually go to? The food stuff there always looks so fresh
I am so going to prepare this soup by weekend . I like your method of cooking . It’s so easy to follow
This is almost like what we call Eru in Cameroon. But we don't grind the Eru (okazi) leaves. Looks soo yum.
Yes to Afang🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Oh my, see how FRESH the ingredients are. We here in America, using dry ingredients. It well.
Sisiyemmie, I love this recipe. I live in Canada, what alternative vegetable that can be replaced for the Afang leaves 🍃? I can get the water leaves here but not the Afang leaves. Pls help. Thanks.
I love vegetable soup so much. Thanks for sharing Sisi Yemmie.
Can I replace the waterleaf with spinach?
"Tighting it to your chest" cracked me up
I love this soup. Can I make it without periwinkles because my hubby does not eat it?
I want to make afang soup and and it is my first time.. Guys pray for me 😂😂 sisiyemmie nah ur hand I dey 🤷
So yummy looking! Can I substitute the water leaves with spinach if the it's not available where I stay? Thanks!
SisiYemmie, Pls always do well to caption each interval of your cooking video with the time it takes to wait or boil a particular ingredient of soups. For example, caption clearly on the video 5mins if it should take 5mins to boil the meat and other chewables before adding waterleaf and the rest of it. it will help deaf subscribers at least since your video is targeting anyone irrespective of age and condition.
My own opinion.
Super always love your methods of cooking
SisiYemmie, pls can you tell us why you didn’t add onions to boil your meat.? Thank you.
You videos make me look foward to visiting nigeria and eating nigerian delicacies...much love from cameroon
Thank you. I am so trying this today.
Sisiyemmie God bless you for all this videos you upload....chai my future husband will enjoy ooo,cos I love to cook just like you.
Thanks for sharing. Can the afang leave be cooked without blending it?
This your Afang make mad sense, I'll modify it to get my personal recipe. Thanks
Hi Sisi Yemmie hope all is well☺️I was thinking if it was possible for you to look up western african dishes from for example sierra leone, liberia, togo etc that are similar to nigerian certain dishes and try to share your own recipe recreating them? That would be nice to see 😁
Woowww😻, can you use spinach as a substitute for water leaf?
Sisi yemmie, what is the substitute for afang leaves and water leaves for people outside the country??
I prepared this soup yesterday for the time 🥰 trust me so delicious 😋
😭😭😭I need to stop watching your videos it's making me soooo hungry and missing home (Cameroon) I almost licked my phone screen. Food looks delicious 😋 😋 😋 😋... I do love 😍 your videos.. I'm always looking for new recipes to make. Thanks for sharing
Can I use spinach instead of water leafs because were I am there is no water leaf here, and please can I use dried ukazi because here I can’t find fresh urgent answer needed thanks.
Oh my I'm haitian and we don't have this kind of food in our menu but i would love to try it looks so good !
Watching this video in 2024,i have never tasted afang soup but I will try it someday. If you dont want your waterleaf to be watery,add salt to it after cutting and leave it for some minutes before you wash it,do this and thank me later.
My mum is Ibibio and this is the first soup I learnt how to make from her, with plenty spanking tho... Did I mention that it's my favorite soup?
Chaii see freshness o. God bless my mother land.
This is fresh Afang soup my favourite. Thanks sis
Just watching it, makes my mouth watery. Awesome video. Superb camera
Thanks for this recipe. Going to try it out tomorrow. One suggestion though, if you could, I think it'd be nice for you to have a list of ingredients in the video description. Would really help all the amateur chefs out there
I also think it would too. I m not an english native. I did not catch all the ingredients for the recipe. Please help😢
Please sis how much okazi or afang leave will be enough for a large pot of soup?
Sisi what can I use in place of the afang leaves and water leaves in the USA?
Omggg thanks so freaking much.. I literally just tried making this soup by following your method, my first time btw and it came out very well!!!😁
Good day ma, why did you choose to make Afang paste than using it directly?
Thank you so much! My husband love the soup
Hi i was just wondering can you use the palm oil for something else apart from cooking??? Example for the hair or face anything like that??
Just recommended this video to a neighbour who wants to make Afang for the first time. You can't go wrong with Sisi Yemmie's recipe 100%.
Coming back to my comment in 2023. This recipe still bangs
Can you please put the list of ingredients in the comment section so it is easier to buy the things. Thank you and the soup looked lush.
Sisi Yemmi please where can I get this food processor? It looks portable. Help!
Wait can this one make pounded yam?
Man!! That soup looks magical...like it will change my life o!! I hope the company that I purchase my food stuff has the afang and water leaves. Sisi I love your make up and hair... that's my favorite hair style for you🤗.
Deliciously made. Thanks for sharing. 🤛
Can u add d oil to d soup before adding the vegetables?
Hi Sisi, in my country Gabon, Afang is called Nkumu
What are other names for the herbs you use in your soup? Is it fresh spinach, basil, thyme ? That soup looks so healthy except I cannot eat shell fish so the periwinkles are out for me. ❤️🤷🏽♀️
My *love* for Afang soup *cannot* be compared to any other...omg 😍😍😍
Becky Silky i love it too!
How much waterleaf do you use and how much afang do you use for a pot of soup?
Sisi Yemmie the love of my life 😍 hello MA, please can I ask why it's necessary blend the afang leaf into a paste and if yes, what is the difference between blending it and not? Also I have plezzzzed d subscribe button, I love u
I saw afang soup and as an Akwa Ibom babe I quickly 'fashed' the video I was watching to watch Sisi Yemmie' s. Okay Sisi over to you!
Lady Peace Basino awww that's so sweet
Hmmm Sisi yemmie see me ooo I pray make I no dream this soup this night!😋😋😋😋
Fantastic Favour ha ha ha
That's why I did watch it yesternight when I saw the video😂🤣😀. Nice job ma
Fantastic Favour you are here 🤣🙌
Fantastic Favour 😋😋😋hmmm
SisiYemmieTV 😋😋😉🤗🙋♀️
Good job plz do u need to blend the afang leaf
Sisi Yemmie helping our ministry since 19kporogidim
Is afang leaf the same as Okazi leaf please let me know because I don’t know how to find it here in Japan
My favorite Nigerian meal.
I’m just going to the market to buy ingredients to make this soup 😃 I am from the North Eastern Part of NIGERIA but all I cook is soups from the South East 🙏😃🤗👍❤️😃🤗❤️😃💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
This is why I need to come to Nigeria 😩
Thanks sisi for making me learn dis so easy ! This is the only soup I ve not cooked by myself. I’m so ready to cook mine 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼👍💋
In Cameroon it's called eru. The difference is that we don't grind the afang leaves. We just chop it
In my country (Cameroon) we call it eru it is soooooo yummy
Thanks for sharing.
Pls can the affang leave be blended in the market?
I must cook it. Craving for it right now
Sisi yemmie oh this soup recipe looks amazing and delicious omg mmmm but i can't have it eih my African how i miss everything about Nigeria thanks dear sister God bless you
Rita Ekhaguere awwwww thank you!
Hi Sisi Yemmie! Could you please make a recipe for your Indomie remix noodles, I’ve seen you cook it in a blog before but I can’t find which one and there’s no recipe video for it😭 thank you I’d be sooo grateful! God bless and keep up the good work ❤️
Do we have blend the afang leaves ?
AFANG SOUP is easily the best soup in the world. Blending the Afang leaves is like choosing fried rice to jollof rice at Nigerian parties. 😂. To get the taste of Afang soup, the Afang leaves should be pounded with a mortar. It tastes very differently, more like the road side Afang soups. Blending it would give you hotels Afang soup kind of taste which just doesn't cut it.
Try grinding the afang in the market; you will see the difference in the soup texture.
Blessing Edem i actually prefer the texture when i grind it in the market but they dont wash the leaves which is why i take it home to wash before grinding
Edem you are right . The texture is different and the taste is better
Yeah true as it gets sandy too
Good morning love, I love your your energy. Just came across your channel on RUclips this morning and I’ve already subscribed and watched most of your videos!! Keep up the great works beautiful!!!❤️💗🌸👌🏾😊
This is exactly how I make afang soup still yearning to try the other methods😍😍😍😋
Oh, I like Afang soup, very healthy recipe
Oge Enka Channel it is!
As an Akwa ibom girl you tried,But next time you should grind it in the market or you own a dry grinder or mortar and pestle, so you can get 50 50 afang thickness
I have never eaten this soup , the country I’m living I cannot get the recipe for this soup, it looks good
Thanks for this video Sisi Yemmie. What else can be used in place of water leaves? We don't have it here.
Chidinma Uzoh spinach I guess,that’s what I use in uk
Hi. I know my sisters say they use spinach or kale (hope I got the spelling right?)
Chidinma Uzoh. Please I need an answer to the same question u asked? I live in the USAand would like to cook this meal
Sisi Yemmie you’re just making start thinking about this soup oooooo been a while, we don’t have water leaf for here I fit use spinach in place of water leaf?
Wow I love how you cook
I like this soup