Cooking vegetable soup with Ugu only is for me the sweetest but the soup does not last. It will just finish immediately since stuff like waterleaf or melon is not added.

Vegetable soup is the delight of many in Nigeria, especially those living in the Southern part of the country. This is a soup made with pumpkin leaves.

One thing unique about this soup is that it does not really depend on too much of Ingredients before giving you the desired taste. Without much delay let me take you the real recipe. Kindly read below.

How to Cook Vegetable Soup with Ugu

Preparing vegetable soup is not hard, even if it’s hard for you, a strict adherence to the steps below will do the magic within 15 to 20 minutes.

Yes, the soup is not supposed to be on the fire for more than 10 to 15 minutes so that the leaves will still maintain their freshness.

To prepare pumpkin soup, start by plucking the leaves and washing them thoroughly. Put the thoroughly washed leaves in a tray and slice them the way you want using your chopping stick and kitchen knife.

Add the pumpkin to it, add the other ingredients one by one, and allow them to mix well.

Vegetable Soup Ingredients

Here are the major ingredients for making this delicious vegetable soup:

1. Pumpkin leaf

2. Water

3. Palm Oil

4. Meat

5. Fish

6. Periwinkles 

7. Onions 

8. Stockfish 

9. Cray Fish 

10. Fresh pepper 

11. Fresh tomatoes 

12. Salt

13. Seasoning cube (Maggi, Onga, or Ryco)

14. Water depending on the quantity of the leaves

15. Snail (optional)

16. Catfish (optional)

17. Oyster (optional)

You can add other ingredients to taste if you wish, personally, I am satisfied with the ones listed above.