This month we would be looking at Banga soup. Banga soup is of Urhobo origin (according to my research) It is made from the extract derived from palm kernel and it is VERY YUMMY! Growing up in Port Harcourt-Nigeria, my mum was very open minded in trying different soups from the region and elsewhere. I remember her making banga soup when I was a child and enjoying amazing dinners with my siblings. It took me almost 10 years before I was able to eat this soup again (Because the palm sauce was scarce). This soup is very easy to make and also can make for a great addition to your meal plans if you are tired of the typical Nigerian soups i.e. egusi, ogbono and okra. Here are the very simple steps.
Grocery List:
Assorted Meats(Chicken, beef, oxtail,goat)
Fish(stock fish, smoked fish, fresh fish)
Palm sauce
Pepper
Onions
Spices(curry, salt, maggi-know, etc) to taste
- Place the washed meat(goat, beef, oxtail,kpomo,snails,chicken) in a large pot, add a drop of water or stock season with salt and pepper then boil for 20 minutes or until tender.
- Add the smoked fish and stockfish, cook for another 10 minutes.
- Boil the fresh fish separate
- Pour the Palm extract (Canned palm nut sauce) into the boiled meat.
- Sprinkle in the crayfish and seasoning then cook for 20 minutes until the soup is thickened
- Add fresh fish Boil for 5mins
- Serve with pounded yam (Iyan) or Garri (Eba)
…..And this ladies and gents is how we make banga soup. Now this soup might not appeal to everybody as it is mostly eating in the eastern part of Nigeria, but try it out, let me know what you think.
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Lohi
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Next experiment!
thanks. i will definitely be cooking this tomorrow.
this is one of the things i miss about naija;our food with lots of variety due to the numerous cultures in our one country.
Thats great! Let me know it turns out. Thank you for coming by
HAHA! YAY!! Let me know how the experiment turns out.
Nice! Makes me hungry looking at it…
Aww thank you for stopping by.. you should make it!
STURVS YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT UR COOKING….
Thank you!
it looks good, but also looks like it's flooded with palm oil…how much did you put?
The soup is made from palm kernel nuts, so automatically it has palm oil. I did not add a drop of palm oil in it. Thats how it is supposed to be.
Thanks for stopping by!
Ms O..I love ur cooking and ur blog too. Keep up the good work!
thanks a lot GOD bless you ..you just helped me save 150 pounds to pay a friend who wanted to teach me
Thanks for the recipe, I'm making it right away, I love Banga soup!
I am making this dish ASAP!!!
I feel certain things r missing frm ur recipe, there r local spices (kind of like pepper soup spices) that r added to banga and utasiri leaves. I never heard of titus fish in banga, rather catfish is more like it. Am just saying…
lovely, am going to try it on friday
Please, how do you do pounded yam ? Make it easy, because my english is bad.
Hugs Eva