The first time I tasted Miyan Kuka, it jumped straight up to my top 5 favourite Nigerian soups. Never mind the look of this soup, it tastes so good. If you love Ogbono Soup, you will love Miya Kuka even more.
Miyan Kuka [Video]I honestly do not know how to describe the taste of this soup. If you can get hold of kuka powder, please try this soup.
Ingredients for Miyan Kuka
- 3 tablespoons kuka powder (dry baobab leaves powder)
- 1kg cow ribs (cut into pieces)
- 2 dry cat fish
- 2 cooking spoons red palm oil
- 2 handfuls crayfish (2 tablespoons ground crayfish)
- 1 flat round dawa dawa (ogiri okpei, iru, locust beans)
- Habanero pepper (atarugu, ose oyibo, atarodo)
- 1 onion
- 2 big seasoning cubes
- Salt (to your taste)
Notes on the ingredients
- Kuka powder is dry baobab leaves that has been ground into powder. Click here to see baobab trees.
- Miyan Kuka needs to be seasoned very well so add your favourite seasoning (beef flavour) and use the juicest parts of beef. I used cow ribs for this reason. You can also use tozo (beef with marbling).
- The quantities and varieties of meat and fish to add to your Nigerian soups is entirely up to you. The only meat we don't normally use for Nigerian soups is chicken. Goat meat, Beef, Lamb etc go well with Nigerian soups.
- In some parts of Northern Nigeria, groundnut (peanut) oil instead of palm oil is added to Miyan Kuka. As an Igbo gal,
I don't think I would enjoy this soup without palm oil. Prior to adding palm oil, the soup was not delicious, it did not have a nice aroma and the colour was not appetizing. As soon as I added palm oil, all that changed. You may consider adding palm oil if trying this soup for the first time. You will love it! - With most Nigerian recipes, especially Nigerian soups recipes, we go freestyle when it comes to the quantities of ingredients. The quantities of all the ingredients listed above can be adjusted to your taste.
- Palm oil is essential to this soup. Once you add palm oil, you will notice a delicious change in the aroma of this soup. Kuka powder is dark so you will only notice a slight change in the colour of the soup when you add palm oil.
- You can use cayenne pepper (fresh or dry) or Scotch bonnet peppers instead of habanero peppers.
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