Banga soup

Name: Banga soup
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 1 kg Palm fruits (banga); 500 g meat (assorted meat or chicken); 1 large sized fresh catfish; Prawns (optional); 1-2 cups periwinkles; 1 medium onion; 1/2 cup crayfish; 6-8 scotch bonnet chillies; 1 tbsp ataiko; 1 tsp irugege; 1 obonrubebe stick; 1 handful dried Beletientien leaves; 1/2 handful dried and crushed bitterleaf; 4 Seasoning cubes; Salt

Chichy's Kitchen @cook_8292632

Warri, Nigeria

For this rep your state challenge, I'll be repping Delta State. I'm originally from Imo state but as someone who spent all her childhood in Warri, Delta State, I think I'm more than qualified to rep Delta.

And I have chosen my favourite soup of all time - Banga soup!!! Banga soup is a type of palm fruit soup native to the Deltans of Southern Nigeria. It's traditionally served with starch but you can serve it with any swallow of your choice.

Chichy's Kitchen @cook_8292632

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Ingredients

1 kgPalm fruits (banga)
500 gmeat (assorted meat or chicken)
1large sized fresh catfish
Prawns (optional)
1-2 cupsperiwinkles
1medium onion
1/2 cupcrayfish
6-8scotch bonnet chillies
1 tbspataiko
1 tspirugege
1obonrubebe stick
1 handfuldried Beletientien leaves
1/2 handfuldried and crushed bitterleaf
4Seasoning cubes
Salt

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Steps

1

Wash your meat with warm water and salt
Wash your fish with warm water and lime juice to get rid of the sliminess
Cook your Banga and extract the juice
Grind your crayfish together with the ataiko and irugege.
Blend your pepper
Chop your onions
2

Precook your meat with the chopped onion, 2 Seasoning cubes and salt. Cook till the meat is almost done and the water is almost dried up.
3

Pour your palm fruit extract into a pot and boil for about 15mins or until it starts to thicken. Add your ground spice mix (crayfish, irugege and ataiko) and obonrubebe stick and cook for a few more minutes.
4

When the soup has thickened considerably, add your precooked meat, fresh fish, blended chillies, 2 seasoning cubes and salt. Cook till the fish is done, your meat should also be done by now.
5

Add your Beletientien leaves and bitterleaf, taste for Seasoning and adjust to suit your taste; simmer for 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat and serve with your favourite swallow.