HOW TO PREPARE PALM NUTS FOR BANGA SOUP
Ingredients for afang banga soup:
- 5 cups raw palm nuts (banga)
- Five cups of Pounded afang vegetables (I didn’t really pound much but you can, can even blend a little if you want. What I did is shred again and again instead of pounding because I didn’t want the soup colour to turn green, Lol).
- 2 medium sized dried catfish
- 1 kg Goat meat (You can use beef)
- A cup ground crayfish
- 1 large pack dried stock fish
- One teaspoon ground fresh pepper or my pepper sauce.
- 1 small sized onion to boil the meat
- 2 seasoning cubes
- salt to taste
- water enough to cover the meat, you can always adjust by adding some more water while cooking (If soup is too thick for you)
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PROCEDURE FOR MAKING BANGA SOUP WITH AFANG LEAVES
1. Boil palm nuts with water till skin is soft, ie can pull off the nuts easily.
Remove from boiling pot, pound, add some water and sieve the banaga separating the chaff from the thick juice.
2. Boil meat with, stockfish, salt, 1 seasoning cube, onion and pepper
when meat is almost cooked, add the banga stock, check for salt, cover and let it boil.
- Add the washed and deboned dried fish, remaining seasoning cube and crayfish, check for taste, cover and let it simmer till meat is completely tender.
- Add the pounded afang leaves (okazi) vegetables.
- Stir, check for salt and thickness, if too thick you can adjust with some water.
- Serve with your favourite carbs… eba, semo, pounded yam Etc.
COOKING STEPS FOR MAKING BANGA SOUP USING AFANG LEAVES
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For those who don’t like afang vegetables, banga vegetables soup can be made with fluted pumpkin (ugu) vegetables.
Enjoy!
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SEE MORE AFANG SOUP RECIPES:
1. Afang okazi vegetable soup
2. Easy afang soup recipe
3. Dry afang with groundnut recipe
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Wowwwwww dis is sooo nyc,m so cooking dis. I usually make mine wit saint leave, which is den eaten wit white rice #yummy#. Bt will definitely try ur own recipe. Keep up d gud work.
You r on point u ve got urself a regular reader
Just bump into your blog today and am I sooooooooooooooooo happy i did!
Nice Nice nice…..good work
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Wow,exactly what I was looking for,never knew abt this blog until today. Nice one
Eya ur blog makes sense..Keep up d good work..BTW is Afang leave d same as Ukazi leave?
Yes Dr Blakky, Afang is Okazi.
There are no much difference between ofeakwu and banga soup,when I cook Ofeakwu stew,I do tell my friends I cooked banga.
Aunty Ojay tmao is ma bday.
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Wow Bonario, OK, let me wait till tomorrow before I start the Happy Birthday Wish.
Wao, i luv ur blog. Hv bn seein ur adverts in LIB. Keep it up! *Angel*
Aunty ojay I sent a msg to ur cuulme account.
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Aunty Eya,dis soup you made it look like simple ABC…..but pple have told me that infact the soup is sooo difficult to make!! That it can even take a whole day to Make!!Pls what's the hardest part in making this soup?
A whole day to cook? No way. The hardest part is boiling the banga. Because you haven't done it before and don't know that it cooks in about 25 minutes of boiling, You may just leave it to continue boiling until your gas is empty.
Aunt eya,is dis same as ofe akwu? Tot its for eating rice #confused#
Sis Eya this meal looks so healthy and tempting,nice, nice,nice, Lol
ℓ̊ luv dis, ℓ̊ 'm so hpy to stumble on dis. U̶̲̥̅̊ 'vve hit d right target. 9ce job
Well we d efiks don't use afang but a leave known as atama. D deltians add scent leaf n spices. I like ur dishes thou!
Hi confused, I will try eating the soup with rice.
Ok, next time will try with atama, ugu or mint leaves.
Aunt eya abeg answer. Is it d same as ofe akwu for eating rice?
Sorry, I don't know ofe akwu. I am seeing the name here for the first time in my young life.
Weldone ma, its my first time commenting on ur very nice blog.my husby hates trying new meals. I made this banga veg soup over d wkend & surprisingly,he ate it very well for 2consecutive days! Ofe akwu is from the Igbos,almost same method but we use a spice known as 'okpei' & scent leave/ugu. Mostly used in eating rice. U are doing a really good job here ma, God bless you.Pls keep it up!
I was told not to rinse afang leaves b4 pounding since then I've been very uncomfortable using them!
@Anon 8:20 am, thank you for trying out my recipe. Thank you again for giving us feedback.
Why? I WASH MY AFANG VERY WELL BEFORE Pounding o.
U're too much. Keep it up and Godbless you for empowering some ladies that are not familiar with their kitchen and for strengthening others aswell….even bachelors. Kudos to u!!! Mj
Eya, this is the first time am checking your blog even though I have been seeing it on LIB, I didn't know that I have been missing a lot. I think Ofeakwu and Banga are almost the same just that the Ibos use more than one leaves in cooking it. I love to eat Ofeakwu with rice.
Hi CREAMY, you are welcome, thank you for the explanation. Now I know better.
Thanks MJ, God bless you too!
Wow! God bless you Anonymous. Thanks for the explanation!
i made banga soup for my husband as special treat for valentine,and oh,he loved every bit of it and even asked for more! thanks
This is the same process for making ofe akwu for rice. Some people also eat ofeakwu with swallow, the only difference is that you exchange the afang leaf for ugu and a Lil bit of scent leaf.NB: the scent leaf has to be small o, else the taste would over power the whole soup. Hope u understand d English? *winks*
God bless you for coming back to share. Have a great week Otokuefor.
With this explanation, I can confidently cook ofeakwu. Thank you Ify.
@Anon, Thank you for coming.
Hahaha! Salivate even more!!!
Thank you!
Happy to meet you here.
Thanks.
Thanks. I guess your method is what is called Ofe akwu.
That is good Funmi, I'm happy about it. Hurry now while stock lasts *wink*
Thanks Angel.
Thanks Anon.
Thank you.
saw ur link on lindas blog,visited ur site and now im hooked.God bless u for teaching people like me new recipes .
same thing as me oh, Aunty eya e yaff charm us. Lol! truth is i am excited to be here oh….weldone sis
Hi eya, well done . For banga shouldn't d bang spice b added, d seeds and d small dried leaf? Thank u
Thank you anon, it's OK to add them.
Thank you rolemodel and anonymous.
wow tanx.,,,,,my husband will get tired of eating soon. uve just taught me how to satisfy his stomach. come april i will be a set wife. tanx alot
Wowwwww..xactly wat av bn lukin for..May God cntinue to bless you.. Zhayne
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God bless you ma. My hubby had a nice birthday after cooking the afang soup. This is one is the next. Please just focus on food and recipes….That is your calling.
Yeah I jus bumped into ur site today, and I can say am so impressed wit wat I av seen so far, now I can try sum new ways of preparing sum dishes, and gosh , my husband will have sum eatings to do, he won't even think of eating out for a minute. Tanks maam for dis connections. Ekky
This is lovely. Good work Eya. kudos
Your blog is really educative.
Thank you Yeni. Belated Birthday wishes to your hubby.
Thank you Halimat. You are welcome here.
Thanks again.That little man is cute.
Ggreat job mamn
i have never see anything like dis b4…wow am gonna try dis this weekend…..yummmmm
yum only just saw it wow more reciepe for proper niga food common on
Pls can i use the normal palm oil frm d market instead of using d kernels, thanks u are doing a great job
The normal palm oil is not exactly like this extracts. This one helps to soften the afang leaves so you don't need water leaf. If you want to cook with the normal palm oil, then you need water leaf to make normal afang soup. Scroll back up to click the link for original afang soup recipe on the Facebook button.
OR follow this link: http://www.wivestownhallconnection.com/2016/05/afang-soup-2.html