How To Cook Nigerian Banga Soup

 banga vegetable soup

Banga soup is mostly eatern by The Southern  People of Nigeria. It can be cooked plain and thick, or with vegetables. It is very healthy. The oil is fresh unprocessed

palm oil. This soup does not need water leaf cos the banga acts as a softener to vegetables.

The thickness of washed banga depends on the quantity of water used to wash it.

Ugu vegetables can also be cooked this way.

 banga (palm nuts)

 boil  palm nuts for 25 minutes or more before pounding

afang vegetables (okazi)

 smoked fish, crayfish, stock fish ears, seasoning cube, onion and  salt

 Ingredients:

1. palm nuts (banga)
2. fish
3. meat
4. crayfish
5. stock fish
6. pepper
7. onion
8. salt water

 pound cooked nuts

 pound palm nuts until the color becomes even

 well pounded palm nuts

 Procedure For Cooking Banga Soup

1. boil, pound and filter the banaga
2. boil meat with salt, seasoning cubes and onion and pepper
3. when meat is Ok, add  the banga, check for salt and boil
4. add fish and crayfish, simmer till tender
5. add washed and pounded afang ( okazi) vegetables
6. Stir and serve

 add warm water  to extract the banga oil

 well filtered banga palm oil

 palm nuts chaff and palm kernels

 

boil meat with stock fish, onion, seasoning cubes and salt

 add pepper to meat and allow to boil

 add  thick liquid from washed palm fruits

 check for salt and allow to boil then simmer

 left over to be kept  in the fridge

wash smoked fish

add smoked fish to  soup

 smoked fish in soup pot

 add ground crayfish to soup

 allow soup to boil

banga  soup boils then simmers

wash and pound afang vegetables 

add vegetables to soup

 stir  vegetable soup well

turn off the cooker

 serve banga vegetable soup with eba, semo or pounded yam

Vegetable soup with eba

For those who don't like afang vegetables, banga vegetables soup can be made with fluted pumpkin (ugu) vegetables.
Enjoy!

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