Name: Banga Soup/Stew (Ofe Akwu) By Flo Chinyere
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Nigerian Recipes
Ingredients: 1 kg Palm Fruits; Beef; Dry Fish; Vegetable: Scent Leaves for Ofe Akwu or dried and crushed bitterleaves for Delta-style Banga Soup; 2 medium onions; 2 tbsp ground crayfish; Salt and Chilli Pepper; Ogiri Okpei (Iru); 12 big stock cubes

RatingDifficultyIntermediate

Banga Soup/Stew (Ofe Akwu) By Flo Chinyere

Yields8 Servings

Prep Time20 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time50 mins

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, Garri and Cassava Fufu. In the South Eastern parts of Nigeria, Banga Soup is referred to as Ofe Akwu where Ofe means Soup / Stew and Akwu means palm fruit and is used mainly as stew for Boiled White Rice.

1 kg Palm Fruits

Beef

Dry Fish

Vegetable: Scent Leaves for Ofe Akwu or dried and crushed bitterleaves for Delta-style Banga Soup

2 medium onions

2 tbsp ground crayfish

Salt and Chilli Pepper(to taste)

Ogiri Okpei (Iru)

12 big stock cubes

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