Banga soup with starch. Finally the Banga soup recipe has arrived and I'm soooo nice, there's a bonus section on how to make starch and another section on how to chop am! C'mon, starch is food for royalty! Some of you are asking "shey na the starch wey dem dey use for cloth you dey chop"?

While it is indigenous to the Deltas, it is also loved and enjoyed by both People from Edo state and all over the Niger Delta states. You can serve with boiled white rice or starch (as in Delta style). Cooking tips for anyone who uses canned palm fruits concentrate. You can Have Banga soup with starch using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Banga soup with starch

Lets Go Prepare of palmnuts.
What You needis of kilo of beef.
Lets Go Prepare of medium size of stock fish.
Lets Go Prepare of Maggi.
It's of salt.
Lets Go Prepare of tea spoon of dry pepper.
Lets Go Prepare of satchet of banga spice.

When the fish and beef are cooked, add the palm fruit concentrate and water and cook to desired consistency. Banga soup and starch is a very delicious meal enjoyed by the people of Delta state in the southern part of Nigeria, though it's enjoyed around other part of the country. Watch video below and be blown away! Nigerian soups are the trademarks of the ethnic group they originate from.

Banga soup with starch step by step

Wash palm nuts and place in a pot with water to boil.
Wash the stock fish and beef thoroughly with water and salt and place in a pot to boil for 20 mins..
After 30 mins, the palm fruit should be thoroughly cooked.
Drain the water and place the banga in a motar and pound to extract the juice..
When the skin is peeled from the nuts, add warm water and sieve until all the juice is out..
Place the extract from the palm nut in a pot and allow to boil..
Add banga spice, beef, stock fish, salt, Maggi, pepper,.
After about 20 mins, the soup should be cooked, thicker and with oil floating on top..
Traditionally, Banga is eaten with starch for the Deltans. For the Igbos, it goes with garri. It can also be used as sauce for white rice..

Most Nigerians soups incorporate many vegetables and protein, and are usually finished off with palm oil or a stew/sauce. Starch and banga is majorly enjoyed with catfish or fresh fish. Starch and Banga soup is a local delicacy common to the people of Delta state, Nigeria. I was quite fortunate to locate a restaurant that sells it in Lagos state. It is also noteworthy that this is the same starch used to locally stiffen clothes, by laundry men.