Abenkwan (Palm Nut Soup)

Title:
Abenkwan (Palm Nut Soup)

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Soups,
Stews




Ingredients:





     2 c  Palm oil -- no substitutes


     1 c  Onions -- chopped


     1    Hot chili pepper -- crushed


     2 c  Tomato -- chopped


     2 c  Okra


     1 md Eggplant -- cut into chunks


     1 lb Fish -- or crab meat


   1/2 ts Salt






 In a large, heavy stew pot, boil the palm oil for 10 minutes.  Add onions


 and pepper and continue cooking on high heat for another 5 minutes. Reduce


 heat, add remaining ingredients and simmer for an hour or more, until soup


 is somewhat thickened.  Stir from time to time.  If there is too much palm


 oil on the surface for your liking, skim it off with a large spoon before


 serving.


 


 Recipe By     : African News Cookbook-African Cooking for Western Kitchens


 


 From: Ladies Home Journal- August 1991


 


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