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Abak atama soup

Abak atama soup

  • Nigerian
  • Soup
  • With fish
  • With meat
  • With seafood
  • Main course

A Nigerian soup with palm fruit extract, atama leaves, meat and seafood.

Active time45 min

Cooking1 h 45 min

Total2 h 30 min

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Ingredients

  • 500 g palm fruit extract
  • 1 uyayak fruit
  • 1 kg stewing beef
  • 2 smoked fish
  • 4 cups of water
  • 1 cup of ground dried crayfish
  • 1 pinch of pepper — optional
  • 1 pinch of salt — optional
  • 1 cup of shelled periwinkles
  • 2 stock cubes
  • 2 cooked snails — optional
  • 1 botte atama leaves

Preparation

  1. Cut the beef into 4 centimetre cubes without washing it. Put it in a casserole dish with half the listed stock cubes and the optional salt.

    1 kg stewing beef
    1 pinch of salt — optional
    2 stock cubes
    • knife
    • chopping board
    • large saucepan

  2. Add the water and cook at a gentle simmer for approximately 1 hour 15 minutes, until the beef is tender. Set aside the meat and its stock. Cook for longer if necessary.

    4 cups of water
    • large saucepan

  3. Remove the bones and hard parts from the smoked fish. Rinse the shelled periwinkles and drain the optional cooked snails.

    2 smoked fish
    1 cup of shelled periwinkles
    2 cooked snails — optional
    • colander
    • bowl

  4. Wash the atama leaves, then finely shred with a knife.

    1 botte atama leaves
    • knife
    • chopping board

  5. Pour the palm fruit extract and reserved stock into a saucepan. Bring gently to the boil. Add the cooked meat, fish, periwinkles and, if using them, the snails.

    500 g palm fruit extract
    • large saucepan
    • wooden spoon

  6. Add the ground crayfish, uyayak, the remaining stock cubes and, if desired, the pepper. Simmer the soup for 15 minutes. Add the washed and shredded atama leaves, then cook for a further 10 minutes. Remove the uyayak fruit, stir gently and serve hot.

    1 uyayak fruit
    1 cup of ground dried crayfish
    1 pinch of pepper — optional
    • wooden spoon
    • large saucepan

Allergens

  • Celery
  • Crustaceans
  • Fish
  • Molluscs
Sources and credits

Photo: Au Menu — created with ImageGen at Roch’s request · Editorial permission from Roch for Au Menu; OpenAI terms

Au Menu · AI-generated illustration

Recipe translated and adapted from Wikibooks and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

  • Adaptation éditoriale : Relecture éditoriale 474350006a9085c632a6da67903705d4a0e2ff87bf68b08b681e66f1e8e00802. Aucun essai en cuisine.

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Abak atama soup