Soup
Deku Dessi (Palm Nut Soup)

Deku Dessi (Palm Nut Soup)

Togo

95Minutes
MediumLevel
6Serves
9Steps
About

A rich Ewe palm-nut soup from southern Togo, extracted from boiled palm fruits and simmered with fish and meat, ladled over fufu or rice.

Equipment
  • Large pot
  • Mortar or blender
  • Sieve
  • Bowl
  • Wooden spoon
Ingredients
Palm fruits (or tinned palm pulp)800 g
Beef or goat400 g
Fresh or smoked fish400 g
Onion2
Tomato2
Ginger1 thumb
Scotch bonnet1-2
Ground crayfish3 tbsp
Stock cube2
Saltto taste

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