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Banga Soup
Nigeria
The soup of the Urhobo and Ijaw people of the Niger Delta. Eaten at every celebration with starch or eba.
Delta palm nut soup — a rich, deeply flavoured soup made from cooked palm fruit juice with catfish, dried shrimp and aromatic leaves. The defining soup of the Niger Delta.
Prep
30 mins
Cook
60 mins
Difficulty
Medium
Calories
270 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
500gfresh or tinned palm fruit concentrate
400gcatfish or beef
2 tbspground crayfish
1onion, diced
banga spice leaves: dried oburunbebe, atamato flavour
Scotch bonnet chillito taste
saltto season
Method
1
Squeeze fresh palm fruit or open tinned concentrate. Bring to a simmer.
2
Add onion, crayfish, banga spices and chilli. Simmer 20 minutes.
3
Add fish or meat. Simmer 20 more minutes.
4
Season.
Chef's Tip
Banga spice leaves are essential for the authentic aroma — dried alternatives are available outside Nigeria.
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