BANGA STEW/SOUP ( OFE AKWU ) RECIPES

Description
•In Igbo land, this food is usually called Banga stew while in Delta state, it is usually called Banga soup.
•Banga soup means palm fruit/nut soup and is to the people of the southern part of Nigeria ( Niger Delta ).
•It is quite similar to ofe akwu ( Igbo style of palm fruits soup ) and Abak Atama ( Efik style of palm fruit soup ), with the only difference being the type of spices and herbs in preparation.

Igbo version of Banga soup ( ofe akwu ) main Ingredients
▪Fresh palm fruits ( banga )
▪Meat or fresh Fish ( of your choice )
▪Banga spices
▪Scent leaves ( a handful )
▪Stockfish ( 1 large head )
▪Dried or smoked fish
▪Pepper to taste and choice
▪Crayfish ( ground )
▪Onion ( 1 chopped bulb )
▪Stock cubes ( of your choice )
▪Salt to taste

Optional Ingredients for ofe akwu
▪Snails
▪Catfish
▪Ogiri ( locust beans )
▪Cow skin ( kpomo )

Alternative ingredients
▪Palm fruits or tinned palm fruits oil
▪Dried or smoked fish
▪Dried or fresh peppers
▪Meat or fresh fish

Cooking of the ( ofe akwu ) Banga soup:

Step 1: Parboil your meat or fresh fish.

Step 2: Extract the Banga oil from the palm fruits.

Step 3: Place the Banga fruits extract in a pot and allow to boil for 30 to 40 minutes or until the oil begins to rise to the top of it.

Step 4: Pour in your meat/ fish Stock into the cooking pot.

Step 5: Add in your grounded pepper, grounded crayfish, stock cubes, ogiri, and Banga spices and brings to boil.

Step 6: You can now add in the steamed meat or fish into the cooking soup.

Step 7: Add in your scent leaves and allow to simmer for few minutes.

Step 8: Taste for salt and other spices.

Step 9: Turn off the heat and your off akwu is ready.

Eaten/ serve
The ofe akwu can be eaten with white boiled rice, yam or any swallows of your choice.

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Tips for cooking Banga soup and ofe akwu

Tip 1: Palm oil is a pure oil extracted from the palm fruit pulp at high temperature while the palm fruit oil extract is on a very low temperature and is a mixture of oil and water and it contains less saturated fat than palm oil.

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