Also known as Banga, Palm Fruit is used to make Banga soup and remains one of the most common foods in Nigeria. In fact, not only the fruit, but all parts of the plant are useful in one way or another, palm oil is of course the most visible and obvious commercial product of Banga (palm) trees.
Palm Oil Palm oil obtained from palm (Banga) fruits are used to prepare a popular delicacy called “Banga Soup (Ofe-Akwu).
Banga Soup (Ofe-Akwu) is a special dish in the Delta State. Urhobos and Itsekiri in Nigeria will usually like it.
For example, different races are called different names: West/Yoruba calls it Obe Eyin, East calls it Ofe Akwu, Itsekiri calls it Obey Ekpo, Balyesans and Akwa –ibom/Cross River called it Abak/efere abak/Atama.
Neighbors like Cameroon called it Mbagaton, while the Ghanaians named it Abenkwan.
The soup is made from palm juices extracted by mashing nuts with mortals and pestle.
Banga Soup Recipe (Soup Nest)
Need ingredients
– Palm kernel nuts
– onion
– Yellow pepper
– Seasonings (Seasonings, Tyko, Rogojie, Obeletientien)
– Beef meat/goat/fish
– Periwinkle
– snails
– Oburunbebe’s awesome
How to prepare
1. Boiled palm kernel nuts for 25 minutes
2. Check if the palm kernel is soft, pour out the water, and then mash the nuts with mortar and pestle. After that, add some water, stir and leave for a few minutes
3. Pour the extracted content into a pot and boil for 30 minutes
4. Mash the pepper, tyko, rogojie and sprinkle with a few bobeletientien leaves. Add all to the soup and pinch the original salt and seasoning.
5. Bring the Oburun-bebe sticks in two and drip half of the stick into the soup, these spices give it a nice aroma and flavor. Cooked meat (various, Pomo, Pomo, Snail, Perewinkle and boil for about 10 minutes.
6. At this point, the soup becomes thicker.
7. The soup can be eaten with starch, FUFU or EBA.
It is best to preserve the soup by heating it into the pot of this machine. All species can be cooked with stock fish, snails.
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10 Health Benefits of Banga Soup (Soup Nest)
1. Research shows that consumption of palm kernel juice in soups such as Banga, containing magnesium containing magnesium containing vitamin B6 appears to effectively reduce the effects of symptoms of PMS such as insomnia, weight gain, bloating, swelling of the legs, swelling of the legs and softness of the breasts.
2. It also contains vitamin E, which is a powerful natural antioxidant that helps protect cancer and ensures that your skin is fresher and lowers your cholesterol levels, thus preventing heart disease.
This vitamin can also prevent cataracts, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.
3. Palm oil in Banga soup is rich in vitamin K and plays an important role in blood clots. This is essential to build strong bones and prevent heart disease.
4. Vitamin K, which contains antioxidants present in palm kernel juice, can prevent cancer.
5. The magnesium content in palm kernel juice plays an important role in more than 300 enzymatic reactions with the human body, including the metabolism of food and the synthesis of fatty acids and proteins.
6. Vitamin K properties help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. At the same time, vitamin K also helps improve insulin sensitivity.
7. Magnesium is involved in the activity of neuromuscular transmission and muscle relaxation. No wonder people relax after eating a plate of Banga soup.
8. Palm kernel juice also contains vitamin A, which is essential for healthy vision and may slow down retinal function in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
9. Vitamin A is also a guarantee of healthy bone growth; reproduction and the health of the immune system. It also helps the skin and mucous membranes to remove bacteria and viruses.
10. In the elderly, Banga soup made with palm kernel juice helps prevent the prevalence of insulin resistance (diabetes), coronary heart disease, heart failure, abnormal heart rhythm), metabolic syndrome, and osteoporosis.
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