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Ofe Akwu (Banga Stew) is a traditional Nigerian Stew prepared with palm fruit concentrate. In this video, I will show how to prepare this stew with tinned. 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 gotten from the farm.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook banga stew(ofe akwu) using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Banga Stew(ofe akwu):
- Get 500 g palm Kernels
- Make ready 500 g Beef
- Prepare 250 g Stockfish(ear)
- Prepare 1 teaspoon banga spice
- Get 3 medium attarugu
- Get 2 medium Onions
- Get to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 handful Scent leaves
- Make ready 2 Seasoning cubes
It is similar to the Efik's Banga Soup,which is traditional prepared with native spices, known as Banga spices. These spices gives the soup a unique taste and flavor, which makes it a bit different from the Igbo's Ofe Akwu. 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 Here is how to cook Nigerian stew (Banga soup), wash the assorted meat with hot water and parboil with salt, curry, thyme, maggi(seasoning) and other meat.
Instructions to make Banga Stew(ofe akwu):
- Spice beef with 1 Oinon, salt and Seasoning cubes. Add in the stockfish and cook until tender. Set aside.
- Wash the palm kernels and cook until tender.
- Pound or blend attarugu(pepper) and Onion, set aside.
- In your clean mortar, pound cooked palm kernels gently to separate skin for seed.
- When skin is off, Pour water into.the mortar and wash, squeeze the palm kernel skin very well.
- In your clean pot, turn the palm kernel water and cook. Allow to boil till it begins to thicken. As soon as it thickens a bit and you start seeing oil, add in your banga spice and pounded pepper mix.
- Add in your cooked beef and stockfish and stir very well. Allow to cook until you get your desired thickness of stew.
- Add Scent leaves, correct seasoning if need be and put off heat.
- Serve with hot rice, yam… and enjoy.
Home » Blog » How to Cook Banga Soup/Stew (Ofe Akwu). Banga soup is a special dish from Delta State among the Irobo people. The spices are special and might be difficult to pronounce if not familiar with, they can be easily identified in the market, they are called Banga soup Spices. Banga soup (stew) has over the years topped the list of Nigerian stew recipes due to its uniqueness and blend of natural ingredients. If that is what you are looking to make, here is the recipe - Delta Banga Soup The Banga soup (ofe akwu) is very easy to make and very popular in the eastern part of.
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