🇳🇬 Nigerian Cuisine

Banga Soup

Palm Fruit Soup

Prep Time 1 hour 30 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Hard
Calories 538 kcal

A luscious, creamy soup made from fresh palm fruit extract, enriched with aromatic banga spice and tender seafood or meat.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Boil palm fruits until soft, about 30 minutes. Pound in a mortar to separate the pulp from seeds.
  2. 2 Add warm water and squeeze out the thick cream through a sieve. Extract twice for maximum richness.
  3. 3 Season and cook assorted beef until tender. Reserve stock.
  4. 4 Pour palm fruit extract into a pot and boil on medium heat for 30 minutes until thickened.
  5. 5 Add banga spice, scotch bonnet, cooked meat, dried fish, and periwinkle. Simmer 15 minutes.
  6. 6 Add bitter leaves, cook 5 more minutes. Adjust seasoning and serve with starch or eba.

Did You Know?

Banga soup is so prized in the Niger Delta that a common saying goes: "If you want to win a Delta man's heart, learn to cook banga soup."