Nigerian Soups

Abak Nmong Nmong Ikong

Are you able to pronounce the dish.? Not to worry ,simply  put this is Water leaf Palm fruit juice  soup, another Efik delight which is not cooked much these days. The simplicity of this soup which fits into the lifestyle of today’s woman is my inspiration to feature it. I know that many of us could do with 30 hrs a day. As much as we want to eat traditional soups with ‘swallow’ we are sometimes challenged with time . Today’s offering is quite simple to cook, as soon as you can squeeze out the palm fruit sauce 🙂
There are so many types of Nigerian soup made from palm fruit sauce…Banga, Abak Atama, Ofe Akwu to mention a few. Abak Nmong Nmong is another interesting Nigerian soup. I used quite some quantity of pepper in this soup , I simply like hot food. Enjoy!

Recipe ( serves 4)
6 Cups Palm fruit juice
8 pieces Beef
4 pices Cow Leg
Pieces of dry Fish
Pieces of dry Prawn
1 cup Water leaf
Chili Pepper to taste
2 table spoon ground Crayfish
1/2 medium size Onion ( finely chopped)
Beef seasoning to taste
Salt to taste

Method
1, Season beef, Cow leg  with salt, pepper and seasoning and steam till almost cooked
2, Pour palm fruit juice into the  meat pot and continue boiling.
3, Add onion, crayfish, dry fish and prawn and continue to cook till soup thickens (about the consistency of Ofe Nsala). Taste for seasonings and pepper level and correct.
4, Pick and wash the water leaves but do not chop . Add the water leaf to the soup , cook for two minutes
5, Serve with sallow of choice or rice.

How to get you Palm fruit juice
1, Wash and boil the palm fruit for about 25 minutes
2, Pound the palm fruit to separate the flesh fruit the nuts . You may also want to use your hands to squeeze out the flesh but you may not be able to get out as much of the flesh as when you pound it
3, Pour warm water  into the pulp and squeeze out the juice
4, Pass  juice through a sieve  and use in cooking.

Cooking tip: Wondering how to preserve palm fruit? Wash and parboil for about 10 minutes, cool thoroughly and freeze. When you want to use,thaw and  cook for another 15 minutes

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