Soup
Banga Soup (Ofe Akwu)
About
A Niger Delta palm-fruit soup from the Urhobo — fresh palm-nut extract simmered with banga spice and beletete leaf, eaten with starch, or with rice as ofe akwu.
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
Onion1
Saltto taste
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