How to cook Ofe Akwu (Banga Stew)

Ofe Akwu (Banga Stew) can be set up with crisp palm organic products or tinned palm natural product think. On this page, I will give points of interest of how to get ready delightful Ofe Akwu with tinned palm organic product focus (tinned banga). This stew is utilized to eat Boiled White Rice. You can likewise utilize the tinned palm organic product focus for Delta Banga Soup.

Utilizing tinned banga for Ofe Akwu spares you bunches of time and vitality you would have used to extricate the palm natural product think and it is ideal for the individuals who live outside Nigeria where palm organic products are not effectively accessible. The good thing is that it tastes the same as when new palm natural products are utilized, that is whether you purchase a decent brand: watch the video beneath for more data.

The formula on this page is the same for Delta Banga Soup that is presented with Starch, simply supplant the fragrance leaves with dried and pounded biting leaves and include the other conventional flavors for Banga Soup.

Elements for Ofe Akwu

• 800g tinned Palm Fruit Concentrate 
• 1kg Beef (cut into medium pieces) 
• 3 pieces mangala (dry fish) 
• Fragrance clears out 
• 1 red onion 
• 1 modest bunch crawfish 
• Habanero pepper (to taste) 
• Salt (to taste) 
• 1 little piece ogiri okpei (iru, dawa) 
• 3 little stock 3D shapes 

Note on the elements for Ofe Akwu (Banga Stew) 

• You can utilize any of the accompanying meat: goat meat, hamburger or sheep for Ofe Akwu. It is not prudent to utilize chicken for Ofe Akwu in light of the fact that this stew is excessively customary for chicken. 
• You can utilize dried feline fish, mangala or smoked fish. 
• You can include stockfish. 
• In spite of the fact that I said the amounts of meat and fish, include the amounts of these two fixings as you wish. 
• I suggest red onion for Ofe Akwu on the grounds that it draws out the essence of this stew. 
• The fragrance leaves give the Ofe Akwu its one of a kind smell and taste. In the event that you are outside Nigeria, aroma leaf (nchanwu, efinrin) has no option. I purchase aroma leaves coordinate from Nigeria. When they arrive, I flush and cut them and store in my cooler as I expressed in the video beneath. A few people utilize mint leaves as option however it is a no from me. I would rather utilize parsley. 

Before you cook Ofe Akwu (Banga Stew) 

• In the video beneath, I barbecued/smoked the bits of meat I utilized as a part of cooking the Ofe Akwu. This takes the Ofe Akwu to a radical new level of flavor. So on the off chance that you need to do like me, squash two of the stock blocks into the bits of hamburger, back rub into the meat and barbecue in the stove till delicate yet not dry (see the video beneath). In the event that you would prefer not to utilize barbecued hamburger, skirt this progression. 
• Douse the dry fish till delicate then debone and break into pieces. In the case of utilizing smoked fish, wash, debone and break into pieces. 
• Open the tinned palm natural product focus, blend to blend and put aside. 
• Wash and cut the fragrance leaves into modest pieces. 
• Cleave the onion. 
• Crush or pound the crawfish with the ogiri okpei. 
• Crush or pound the habanero pepper. 

Cooking Directions 

• On the off chance that you are utilizing barbecued hamburger, put the flame broiled pieces in a pot, include the deboned dry fish, diced onions and the staying one stock 3D square. Pour water to pretty much a similar level of the substance (around 2 some water) and begin cooking. 
• In the event that you are not utilizing flame broiled meat, put the hamburger in a pot, include the diced onion and pulverized stock solid shapes. Steam till water begins leaking out of the meat and keep cooking till the hamburger is delicate. Include water when essential as you cook. It is critical that you have as meager water as conceivable in the pot when the meat is finished. 
• In the case of utilizing step 1, cook till it bubbles and abandon it to bubble for 5 minutes. In the case of utilizing step 2, when the meat is done, include the deboned dry fish and cook for 5 minutes. In both cases, if utilizing smoked fish, don't include it now, you will include it later. 
• Include the habanero pepper, ground crawfish and ogiri okpei. 
• Mix extremely well and include the palm natural product think (tinned banga) in scoops. Blend and add more water if important to convey the stew to the consistency you like for your stews. It is fitting to have some high temp water prepared for this. 
• Include the smoked fish (in the event that you are utilizing it), cover and let it bubble on medium warmth till you see some red oil buoy to the surface. 
• Include the fragrance leaves and salt mix and cook till it bubbles again and it is finished. 
• Present with bubbled white rice, bubbled yam or white agidi. In the event that you need to plan Delta Banga Soup, click here.