Soup
Banga Soup (Ofe Akwu)

Banga Soup (Ofe Akwu)

Urhobo

80Minutes
MediumLevel
6Serves
4Steps
About

Palm-fruit soup from the Niger Delta — fresh palm nut extract simmered with beletete and banga spice, served with starch or eaten with rice.

Equipment
  • Pot
  • Mortar or palm-nut machine
  • Sieve
Ingredients
Palm fruit (or tinned banga)1 kg
Assorted meat500 g
Dried fish1 cup
Banga spice mix2 tbsp
Beletete or scent leafhandful
Ground crayfish2 tbsp
Scotch bonnet2
Stock cubes3
Saltto taste

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