Nsala soup

INGREDIENTS:

1. Chicken(1/2kg)
2. Dried Fish(1/2kg)
3. Uziza( to taste)
4. Uda(to taste)
5. Magi(to taste)
6. Utazi(1 small bunch)
7. Okpei(optional)
8. Yam paste for thickening
9. Crayfish
10. Salt(to taste) 
11. Pepper(to taste)
12. Onion(1 small bulb). 

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

Slice the yam in small quantity after peeling it. Grind Mkpuru Uziza and Uda together, put in a plate, grind pepper, Okpei and crayfish. Remove bones from the dried fish and wash well. On the floor, put the chicken, dried fish, magi and salt to taste, Utazi, Uziza Uda,Okpei, yam,Crayfish together in a cooking pot and boil. When the yam is done, scoop out with a spoon, pound it and put back inside the pot for soup thickening.Stir gently so that the chicken will not turn to shreds. Watch closely to know when the chicken is done. Serve with Fufu,garri or pounded yam