Miyar zogale

Miyar Zogale is an Hausa dish also known as moringa soup. Zogale refers to the leaves of the plant moringa oleifera[1]. It is made with moringa leaf as the main ingredient, others include groundnut paste, grounded tomato, beef, cubes, daddawa and palm oil.[2][3]

Groundnut paste is to thickened the soup and daddawa (locust beans) is added for taste.[4]

Overview

Beef and moringa leaf is parboiled in a separate pot. Palm is poured into a pot with grounded tomato, daddawa, seasoning cubes and salt stirred for a few minutes, groundnut paste is added gradually to thickened the soup. When the oil float to the top of the soup, the parboiled moringa leaf is added .[5]

Ingredients

  • Fresh zogale (moringa) leaves
  • Groundnut paste (peanut paste)
  • Meat or fish (optional)
  • Pepper
  • Seasoning cubes
  • Salt
  • locust beans (optional)
  • Groundnut oil or palm oil (optional)
  • Onion
  • Water
  • Crayfish (optional)

Other foods

Miyar zogale goes well with biskin masara, wheat, semovita, pounded yam and tuwo shinkafa.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916933/
  2. ↑ "Miyan Zogale (Moringa soup)". Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Hausa Foods | How To Make Nigerian Foods". All Nigerian Foods. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  4. ↑ "NIGERIAN LOCAL DISH: MIYAN ZOGALE (MORINGA SOUP)". EveryEvery. 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  5. ↑ "Miyar Zogale (Moringa Soup)". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  6. ↑ "How to prepare Moringa Soup (Miyan zogale)". Daily Trust. 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2022-06-20.