Banga soup
Banga soup

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, banga soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Nigerian Banga Soup or Ofe Akwu is native to the Niger Delta and the South Eastern parts of Nigeria. In the Niger Delta areas, Banga soup is commonly eaten with various fufu recipes: Starch. This Banga soup is one of many delta state soups in Nigeria.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have banga soup using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Banga soup:
  1. Take 1 kg Palm fruits (banga)
  2. Get 500 g meat (assorted meat or chicken)
  3. Prepare 1 large sized fresh catfish
  4. Prepare Prawns (optional)
  5. Prepare 1-2 cups periwinkles
  6. Prepare 1 medium onion
  7. Take 1/2 cup crayfish
  8. Get 6-8 scotch bonnet chillies
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp ataiko
  10. Make ready 1 tsp irugege
  11. Make ready 1 obonrubebe stick
  12. Make ready 1 handful dried Beletientien leaves
  13. Get 1/2 handful dried and crushed bitterleaf
  14. Make ready 4 Seasoning cubes
  15. Take Salt

Banga Soup : Delta State Native Banga Soup. Banga Soup is a Nigerian soup that is native to the Southernarts of Nigeria. It is very similar to the Igbo's Ofe Akwu, but the additional spices used for. Nigerian banga soup is a quick and delicious Niger-Delta style palm nut soup.

Instructions to make Banga soup:
  1. Wash your meat with warm water and salt - Wash your fish with warm water and lime juice to get rid of the sliminess - Cook your Banga and extract the juice - Grind your crayfish together with the ataiko and irugege. - Blend your pepper - Chop your onions
  2. Precook your meat with the chopped onion, 2 Seasoning cubes and salt. Cook till the meat is almost done and the water is almost dried up.
  3. Pour your palm fruit extract into a pot and boil for about 15mins or until it starts to thicken. Add your ground spice mix (crayfish, irugege and ataiko) and obonrubebe stick and cook for a few more minutes.
  4. When the soup has thickened considerably, add your precooked meat, fresh fish, blended chillies, 2 seasoning cubes and salt. Cook till the fish is done, your meat should also be done by now.
  5. Add your Beletientien leaves and bitterleaf, taste for Seasoning and adjust to suit your taste; simmer for 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat and serve with your favourite swallow.

It is very easy to make and packed full of flavour from the herbs and spices used in making it. Banga soup is a palm fruit soup common to the Niger delta and south eastern part of Nigeria. The Igbo version of this soup is the banga stew, they are almost the same since same ingredients are used. Banga or ofe akwu is a flavorful Nigerian soup made with palm fruit, beef or dried fish, vegetables, and seasonings such as salt and chili pepper. The soup is traditionally paired with various fufu dishes.

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