Better leaf soup (Ofe onugwu)

It's Christmas time again and a lot of festivity and celebration is happening and better leaf soup is one of the best soup prepared in every household and event's. Better leaf soup is one of the soups mostly prepared by the South Eastern Nigerians.
The leaves are often washed thoroughly to reduce their bitterness before cooking. a traditional delicacy among the Igbo people.
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Growing up living with my grandmother every 25th December better leaf soup is a must prepared soup in our house... To my grandmother may her soul rest in peace. She taught me how to prepare better leaf soup...

Better leaf is very rich in vitamins such as vitamin A, C, E, B1 and B12, which makes it good and healthy for human consumption, It is rich in quinine, a compound which has been demonstrated to cure malaria and clean the liver. It can be prepared with any protein of your choice and other ingredients and alongside the soup it can be eaten with swallow.
Better leaf soup and swallow is best served as lunch so it can digest before bedtime while some prefer to have it as dinner...

Vernonia amygdalina (VA), popularly known as Better leaf...