Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way
Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way

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Banga Soup or Ofe Akwu is the Nigerian Soup / Stew prepared with palm fruits. Nigerian Banga Soup or Ofe Akwu is native to the Niger Delta and the South Eastern parts of Nigeria. In the Niger Delta areas, Banga soup is commonly eaten with various fufu recipes: Starch, Pounded Yam, Semolina.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way:
  1. Make ready 1 . Fresh palm fruits or 800g tinned palm fruit concentrate
  2. Make ready 2 . Cow tail or any meat of your choice
  3. Prepare 3 . Fresh or dry salmon fish or anyone of your choice
  4. Make ready 4 . Scent leaves
  5. Get 5 . Fresh or dry pepper
  6. Get 6 . 2 onion bulbs
  7. Take 7 . Seasoning cubes
  8. Make ready 8 . Crayfish. Grounded!
  9. Prepare 9 . One tomato paste
  10. Take 10 . Salt to taste

Ofe Akwu is the Igbo-style Banga Stew/Soup. It is a It's common to see Ofe Akwu served as a sauce for boiled Rice or yams,but you can also enjoy it with boiled plantains and a lot more. Ofe Akwu is mostly served with boiled rice, unlike the Delta version which is mainly served with Starch or other swallows. Ofe Akwu can be prepared with either Fresh fish on it's own or with meats.

Instructions to make Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way:
    1. Cook the meat with seasoning cubes, salt and onion until it becomes soft and easy to chew, or season the meat with seasoning cubes and grill in an oven, if you have one. Then set them aside.
  2. Grind and blend the spices to powder. Also blend the pepper
  3. . Wash the dry fish if you're using dry fishand remove the centre bone. Or boil your fresh fish together with your meat
  4. Boil the palm fruit for 20 to 30minutes, pound with a mortar and pestle, transfer into a bowl, add water and extract the juice using a sieve.
  5. Boil the juice for about 15 to 20minutes or till it becomes thick.
  6. Add the dried fish or your already steamed fresh fish, grounded crayfish mix, precooked meat, ground pepper and salt and seasonings to taste. Then boil for another 10 minutes.
  7. Add scent leaves, and some more seasonings (if necessary). Simmer for about 2 or 3minutes.
  8. Our favourite Ofe Akwu is ready for consumption…
  9. Serve with white rice..
  10. Yours truly chef Emryson šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜

I prefer to use just meats but for the sake of this recipe, I'll add fresh fish, just so I can explain how and when. Ofe Akwu (Banga soup) is a kind of stew made from palm fruit, eaten mostly by the Igbos from the eastern part of the country. Most of the foods eaten in Nigeria could always be jazed up with stew. The likes of rice, yam, beans, fufu/garri could be eaten with stew, as a matter of facts most people. It is a very delicious food and can be served with a variety of dishes such as rice, starch, boiled plantains, yam etc.

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