Obe (Soups)

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Obe are Yoruba soups made from different types of vegetables and seeds. It usually contains meat, fish and spices.^[1][2] This is a category of Yoruba cuisine. Obe is usually eaten with Okele, but can be eaten sometimes with rice. Some Obe have the consistency of Sauces so in non Nigerian English they may be called sauces.^[3] Obe are varied in ingredients and preparation like Indian Chutney or Mexican Mole. However, Obe is more similar in concept to other West African cultures soup concept. Some types of Obe include:

Obe Ila, Obe Egusi, Obe Eforiro, Obe Ila-alasepo, Obe Apon, Obe Marugbo, Obe Eyin, Obe Ilasa, Obe Ewedu, Obe Gbegiri, etc^{[4][5][3][1][6]}

A sub category of Obe is Obe ata which is a stew or sauce made from a tomato and pepper base. Obe ata is mostly eaten with rice and fried and boiled Yam, potato, cocoyam and plaintains. They are also sometimes paired with some particular Obe to eat with okele. For example, is Ewedu which is eaten with Omi Obe or Obe ata.^[7] Obe-ata and Obe can both be used for tomato pepper based stews and sauces, while Obe-ata cannot be switched to mean vegetable soups or sauces, which is Obe.

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