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The Difference Between Banga Soup and Banga Stew
There is a difference between banga stew and banga soup though they are quite similar but different in so many ways. While you use scent leaf for Banga stew (Ofeakwu), you use Beletete leaves for Banga soup as made by Deltans.
Their ingredients and tastes are far different and while Ofeakwu is used to eat rice, Banga soup is for starch, pounded yam and other types of swallow.
Ingredients for Banga Stew
Here’s a list of 20 ingredients commonly used in making Banga Stew:
1. Palm fruit
2. Scent leaf
3. Assorted meat (beef, goat meat, tripe, etc.)
4. Stockfish
5. Smoked fish (such as mackerel or catfish)
6. Crayfish
7. Periwinkle
8. Onions
9. Scotch bonnet peppers (or any other hot pepper)
10. Ground crayfish
11. Ogiri or iru (fermented locust beans)
12. Fresh or dried catfish
13. Bitterleaf or scent leaves (for traditional flavour)
14. Groundnut oil (or palm oil for authenticity)
15. Seasoning cubes or powder
16. alt
17. Uziza leaves (optional, for extra flavour)
18. Uda seeds (Negro pepper)
19. Ginger
20. Garlic
Banga stew and Banga soup are from palm fruit, but they are different in taste, use and ingredients. Apart from palm fruit, the major ingredient of Banga soup is Beletete leaves while that of Banga stew is scent leaf.