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Lunch was fufu and onugbu soup. The fufu was smooth and fluffy. Sisi made it well; she pounded the yam energetically, adding drops of water into the mortar, her cheeks contracting with the thump-thump-thump of the pestle. The soup was thick with chunks of boiled beef and dried fish and dark green onugbu leaves. We ate silently.

Onugbu Soup
Onugbu Soup

A rich Nigerian bitter leaf soup made with beef, smoked fish, palm oil, and cocoyam, traditionally served with fufu or pounded yam.

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