Name: Palm Nut Soup (Abε Nkwan)
Yield: Makes 10 to 12 servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 3 cups peeled and cubed eggplant; 6 ounces smoked fish (e.g., smoked mackerel, white fish, whiting or salmon; avoid smoked herring with its pungent flavor), skin and bones removed; ¼ to ½ teaspoon dried ground red pepper (for the adventurous: instead add 1 fresh seeded jalapeno [mild], or 1 sliced seeded cayenne pepper [hotter], or 1 or 2 whole unseeded habaneros with the tops sliced off [hottest]); 1 to 2 pounds meat (beef, lamb, goat, or a combination); 20 to 25 fresh okra, trimmed and sliced or whole, or 1 (10-ounce) package frozen okra, whole or sliced; 1 pound fresh shrimp with shells, deveined; 2 cups chopped onion; 1 (28-ounce) can plum tomatoes, pureed in a blender (seeds strained out and removed, if desired); 1 to 2 tablespoons powdered dried shrimp or prawns (optional); 3 crabs or king crab legs, cleaned and rinsed (optional); 2 teaspoons salt or seasoned salt; 3 or 4 cloves garlic, crushed or chopped; 1 (29-ounce/800-gram) can cream of palm fruit; 8 ounces fresh mushrooms of choice, cleaned and left whole or sliced in half; 4 teaspoons grated fresh ginger

Preparation info

Makes
10 to 12
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ghana Cookbook

By Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Baëta

Published 2015

About

Palm nut soup is a much beloved dish. When my adopted nephew from Ghana celebrated his 23rd birthday, I asked this Americanized young Ghanaian what he wanted for his special dinner (Mexican, Italian, Asian, Indian, Ghanaian, “American,” etc.). Two years in a row he answered: “palm nut soup and cocoyam (taro) fufu.” It took some time to scout around and come up with the necessary ingredients, however, the end result (and his hearty enjoyment) made everything worthwhile.

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Africa
Ghana
Gluten-free
Birthday
Soup
New Year

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