Abak Atama Soup
Recipe Description
This rich-palm nut soup is highly spiced and flavoured with aromatic atama leaves. Atama is a spicy, aromatic leaf that can be used dried or fresh; the dried leaves are a lot more pungent in flavour. It serves 4-6.Ingredients
- 1 kg / 2 lb assorted meats (beef oxtail, tripe, ponmo, bokoto and bushmeat)
- 450 g / 1 lb stockfish (pre-soaked)
- 1 medium dried fish (washed and flaked)
- 225 g / 8 oz beletientien|atama leaves (washed and shredded)
- 225 g / 8 oz periwinkles (topped and tailed)
- 225 g / 8 oz red pepper flakes|ground chillies
- 225 g / 8 oz ground crayfish
- 1 liter / 2 pints palmnut concentrate
- salt to taste
- Wash the meat thoroughly and place in a large pot. Season with salt and ground chillies. Add some stock and cook for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, wash the oil-palm and cook until soft to make the concentrate.
- Add the washed smoked fish and stockfish to the pot of boiling meats and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the palm oil concentrate and atama leaves, bring to the boil and cook till slightly reduced and soup coats the back of a spoon.
- Stir in the crayfish and periwinkles, cook for 15 minutes until well blended, check seasoning and serve with pounded yam.
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