Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, banga soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Banga Soup Delta banga soup is best served with starch or eba. This is unlike the other banga stew that is native to the Igbos and popularly served with white boiled rice or yam. This Banga soup is one of many delta state soups in Nigeria.
Banga Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Banga Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook banga soup using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Banga Soup:
- Take Raw banga
- Take Beef
- Take Fresh cat fish
- Prepare Dry fish
- Take Dry pepper
- Get Banga spices
- Prepare Crayfish
- Take cubes Knor
- Make ready to taste Salt
The soup originated from the Niger-delta people of the south-south, the Urhobo ethnic group of Delta State to be precise. The best Banga soup recipe resides with them. In the same crisscross pattern with which Nigerian cultures move, Banga soup has been adopted in different parts of the country. Banga soup originates from the Urhobo and Isoko speaking parts of Nigeria Where can I source for the spices used in making Banga soup?
Instructions to make Banga Soup:
- Boil your banga and extract the juice, boil your beef and set aside - Wash your fresh fish with hot water to remove it's slimy substance, then season fresh fish, I usually do that like two hours before cooking it and place it the freezer to enable it absorb the spices
- Pour banga juice into cooking pot and boil for some time, - Add meat and meat stock and allow to boil further - then add spices and dry pepper
- At this stage it must have thickened a bit, reduce your heat, so that the soup won't dry up; add crayfish, be careful with crayfish so that it doesn't overpower the thirst of fresh fish, so I used little quantity.
- Add your fresh fish and fish stock - Note: I boiled my fish before adding it to the soup cos I wanted the fish stock as well; Taste and adjust your seasoning. - If it has thickened to your desired consistency put off your heat.
- Your banga soup is ready, serve with eba.
You can buy Banga spices in local markets, mostly from people selling zobo leaves. Alternatively, you can purchase already packaged Banga spices at superstores. Banga Soup Banga soup is a palm fruit soupcommon to the Niger delta and south eastern part of Nigeria. The Igbo version of this soup is the banga stew, they are almost the same since same ingredients are used. Banga stew can be served with boiled rice while the banga soup is best enjoyed with eba, semovita, fufu, pounded yam or starch.
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