Banga Soup

Banga or ofe akwu is a flavorful Nigerian soup made with palm fruit, beef or dried fish, vegetables, and seasonings such as salt and chili pepper. The soup is traditionally paired with various fufu dishes. The name of the dish is derived from two words: ofe, meaning soup or stew, and akwu, meaning palm fruit. There are many variations of this soup, and is known under different names. For example, the Urhobo ethnic group of Delta State in the Niger Delta of Nigeria calls this soup oghwo amiedi, and they typically serve it with a cassava paste usi; the Isoko ethnic group calls it izuwo ibiedi; and in eastern Nigeria, banga soup goes by the name ofe akwu, where it's served with rice and yam.