ABULA; The Popular Nigerian Delicacy
Àbùlà is a popular soup from the western Nigeria. It is also called Gbegiri soup and is popularly eaten by the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria.
It is made from peeled cooked bean. This beans soup is commonly served at restaurants also known as Buka. It is delicious, velvety and mildly flavoured.
It is typically eaten together with amala but can be eaten with other swallow foods. Abula is literally means a mixture of soups, but it is mostly associated to gbegiri (bean soup), re-ewedu (draw vegetable soup) and ọbẹ̀ ata Stew.
Abula is considered a delicacy because it is not a common meal. It takes considerable time and effort to make. Although the meal is majorly eaten among the Yoruba people of western Nigeria it is more common among the people of Oyo and Ogbomoso.
The following consists of a list of ingredients used in preparing abula:
Gbegiri
- Beans
- Water
- Onions (optional)
- Blended pepper (ata rodo, also known as Scotch bonnet) (optional)
- Palm oil
- Seasoning and salt
- Potash
Ewedu
- Ewedu leaves
- Locust beans
- Potash
- Salt
- Water