{"id":2170,"slug":"miyan-shuwaka-hausa-bitter-leaf-soup","title":"Miyan Shuwaka (Hausa Bitter Leaf Soup)","description":"Miyan shuwaka is a bitterleaf soup eaten in the northern part of Nigeria.","ingredients_raw":["100 g bitterleaf (fresh or dried)","2 large chunks meat","1 onion, chopped","2 pieces fresh red chile pepper, puréed","2 tomatoes, puréed","1 teaspoon palm oil","4 cup fermented locust beans (daddawa)","1 teaspoon salt"],"ingredients_norm":["bitterleaf","chunks meat","onion","fresh red chili pepper pureed","tomatoes pureed","palm oil","fermented locust bean","salt"],"steps":["If using fresh bitter leaf, wash with salt and squeeze to reduce the bitterness.","Boil the meat in a pot of water for a few minutes until cooked through. Remove the meat and set aside.","Heat a skillet over medium heat, and add the palm oil. Add the onion, pepper, and tomatoes, and simmer for 5 minutes.","Combine the cooked purée, meat, and bitterleaf in a pot. Add enough water to cover everything.","Add the daddawa, stir the soup well, and cook for 3 more minutes over low heat.","Season with salt to taste and serve."],"categories":["Soup recipes","Recipes for soup","Hausa recipes","Recipes using bitterleaf","Recipes using chile","Recipes using meat","Recipes using onion","Recipes using tomato","Recipes using palm oil","Recipes using iru","Recipes using salt"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":20,"servings":"2-3","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Miyan_Shuwaka_(Hausa_Bitter_Leaf_Soup)","source_ref":"4636103","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Miyan_Shuwaka_(Hausa_Bitter_Leaf_Soup)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"20886066a129fe6bd2a9736dffca9e8a50f4096c9601fd5f6ed964dea1c9b11c","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:10Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:10Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/miyan-shuwaka-hausa-bitter-leaf-soup"}