Recipe: Tasty Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way

Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way. Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way Emryson's Kitchen Asaba, Delta State Banga stew/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. Here is a list of ingredients used in making Nigerian Banga soup (stew) 'ofe akwu', (as the Igbos like to call it).

Best Ofe Akwu Recipe [Video] 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. See more Nigerian recipes: http://bit.ly/NigerianRecipes See more information about this recipe by clicking "Show More" below. You can have Banga stew/ofe akwu with boiled rice my way using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

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

1. It's 1 of . Fresh palm fruits or 800g tinned palm fruit concentrate.
2. You need 2 of . Cow tail or any meat of your choice.
3. It's 3 of . Fresh or dry salmon fish or anyone of your choice.
4. It's 4 of . Scent leaves.
5. It's 5 of . Fresh or dry pepper.
6. Prepare 6 of . 2 onion bulbs.
7. You need 7 of . Seasoning cubes.
8. You need 8 of . Crayfish. Grounded!.
9. You need 9 of . One tomato paste.
10. It's 10 of . Salt to taste.

Banga soup is a popular Nigerian soup prepared with palm nut extract or juice, this soup is native to Igbo tribe and it is commonly eaten with boiled rice or starchy bolus. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Though Ofe Akwu and Banga Soup are both made with Palm nut fruit Concentrate with similar methods of preparation, these two soups are from two different regions in Nigeria and have distinct taste from each other. Ofe Akwu is usually eaten with white rice while Banga soup is eaten with Starch (pronounced stash by the Niger Deltans.

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

1. 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 😍😍😍.

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 eat garri or fufu with stew in Nigeria instead. Ofe Akwu is very different from Banga soup. Infact it is traditional to the NNEWI people.