Banga Soup

Growing up in the southern parts of Nigeria, I learnt to make this soup for my family. It is an indigenous soup and I always got tired of the regular. I decided to make this inspired by fresh catfish available in my kitchen.
Banga Soup
Growing up in the southern parts of Nigeria, I learnt to make this soup for my family. It is an indigenous soup and I always got tired of the regular. I decided to make this inspired by fresh catfish available in my kitchen.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Cook fresh palm nuts for about 10 mins with high heat
- 2
Wash catfish with warm salted water, make sure to remove the fish innards and rinse with cold water
- 3
Blend or pound fresh pepper
- 4
When palm nuts is cooked till soft, pour only palm nuts without water in to a mortar and pound with pestle. Pound till fleshy part of nuts have been reduced to mesh
- 5
Sieve out liquid content of the mesh pounded. Pour this into the cooking pot and allow to cook till 10 mins
- 6
Add fresh pepper, banga soup spice and other seasonings like Maggi, grounded crayfish, and pinch of salt
- 7
Add fish and meat stock. Allow to cook for 5-10mins.
- 8
Serve soup with any swallow of your choice
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