Ukazi soup

{{Short description|Igbo soup}}

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| name = Ukazi soup

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| image = Okazi Soup (Ofe Okazi).jpg

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| caption = A bowl of Ukazi soup

| alternate_name = Okazi soup, Ofe Okazi

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| region = Nigeria

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| creator = Igbo people

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| main_ingredient = Okazi and water leaves

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| similar_dish = Afang soup

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Ukazi or Okazi (wild spinach) soup is an Igbo soup similar to Afang soup of the Efik tribe; the difference between the two is that Afang is thicker than Okasi aside the peculiarity to each tribe.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-04 |title=How To Make Okazi Soup |url=https://editor.guardian.ng/life/how-to-make-okazi-soup/ |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}

The soup is made majorly from two leaves: okazi and water leaf.{{Cite web |last=onnaedo |date=2015-10-29 |title=How to make okazi soup |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/diy-recipes-how-to-make-okazi-soup/fv50wj9 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}

Some ingredients used in making the soup include palm oil, egusi balls (mgbam), crayfish and seasoning cubes. Okazi soup can be eaten with swallows such as eba, Semo and pounded yam.{{Cite journal |title=Okazi soup from Nigerian dishes |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355944811 |journal=ResearchGate}}