How to cook Banga Soup Cooking Method: Boiling - Simmering

Nigeria shares the cuisine of much of western Africa, including cassava, yams, plantains, bananas, red palm oil, peanuts and other fruits and vegetables. Fish is an important protein food in coastal areas.

What you need

60 - 100 Fresh Palm Nuts
2 Large Dried Fish
1 lb. Meat
4 Large Tomatoes
6 Whole Okra
1 Cup Shrimps or 6 Crabs (optional)
1 Large Onion
2 Red Peppers
Salt to taste
Water
Boiled Eggs (optional)

What you do
Wash the palm nuts, put in a saucepan of water to boil
Cut the meat into cubes and cook in a saucepan of salted water until tender
Chop onion and pepper, add to the cooked meat and simmer slowly
When nuts are soft, remove from the water and pound in a mortar to remove and crush the red outer layer. Remove and put in a large bowl, pour boiling water and stir to extract the oil.
Strain through a sieve and keep the liquid.

Repeat 4 and 5 until all the oil has been extracted.
Add the extracted liquid to the meat in the saucepan and cook slowly until most of the water has been extracted and all ingredients are soft.
Peel and add whole soft-boiled eggs, shrimps or crabs as desired.
Skim of the surplus oil and save for the future.
Serve with Fufu, rice or boiled yam
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