Recipe of Banga stew aka ofe Akwu

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The Banga stew (ofe akwu) is very easy to make and very popular in the eastern part of Nigeria, almost every ingredient used in Making this stew could be How To Cook Banga Soup (Ofe Akwu). Wash the meat and mackerel (fish) with water and parboil with a separate pot till it is tender (be sure. Ofe Akwu (Banga Stew) is a traditional Nigerian Stew prepared with palm fruit concentrate.

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Guide to Prepare Banga stew aka ofe Akwu

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have banga stew aka ofe akwu using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Banga stew aka ofe Akwu:

1. Take Banga
2. Get Okporoko
3. Prepare Dryfish
4. Get Goat meat
5. Prepare Smokedfish
6. Make ready Crayfish
7. Make ready Dry prawns
8. Make ready Onion
9. Make ready Scentleave
10. Take Cameroon pepper
11. Take Okpeyi
12. Make ready Fresh pepper
13. Take Banga spice
14. Take Salt n seasoning

I will give details of how to prepare delicious Ofe Akwu with tinned palm fruit concentrate (tinned banga). This stew is used to eat boiled white rice. Banga or ofe akwu is a flavorful Nigerian soup made with palm fruit, beef or dried fish, vegetables, and seasonings such as salt and chili pepper. The soup is traditionally paired with various fufu dishes.

Instructions

Instructions to make Banga stew aka ofe Akwu:

1. Cook all proteins and set aside, debone dryfish n smoke fish and set aside too, get a clean pot wash d palm karnal fruits aka Banga and put on fire to boil till d fruits get soft. Use a mortar to pound and get d juice out of d Banga,
2. It’s quite difficult but also easy if u knw it.after pounding add warm water to d mortar den massage d Banga with ur hands if it’s too hot use a spoon or spatula den drain d juice out using a sieve please be mindful of ur water qty so dat u don’t have to start using yam as thickener, when d juice are all out u can trash d shaft and finally sieve again to avoid sand dat settles at d bottom of the juice.
3. Pour d juice in a clean pot and set on d fire to boil till it thickens den add ur stock fish, dryfish and goatmeat add a bit of ur goatmeat stock and watch out for d consistency so dat it doesn’t come out watery and if it is water add a piece or two pieces of yam to boil in it and serve as a thickener. Then add ur onion n Banga spices if u are using any Dey sell dem in d market and can give u description on how to use dem.
4. Add ur Cameroon pepper cos of it flavor den add fresh pepper pounded with okpeyi and crayfish,add ur dry prawns and smoked fish den finally seasoning and salt to taste before u add d scent leaves and Banga stew is ready..

The name of the dish is derived from two words: ofe, meaning soup or stew, and akwu, meaning palm fruit. Ofe Akwu is one of the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria's most popular soup. Ofe Akwu is actually very easy to prepare, as long as you get the basic requirements right. To achieve a very tasty result, your meats must be very well seasoned as the stock will be incorporated into the soup. 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.

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