Palmnut Soup

Ingredients

 * 60 - 100 Fresh Palm Nuts
 * 2 Large Dried Fish
 * 1 lb. Meat
 * 4 Large Tomatoes
 * 6 Whole Okra
 * 1 Cup Shrimps or 6 Crabs (optional)
 * 1 Large Onion
 * 2 Red Peppers
 * Salt to taste
 * Water
 * Boiled Eggs (optional)

Directions

 * 1) Wash the palmnuts, put in a saucepan of water to boil
 * 2) Cut the meat into cubes and cook in a saucepan of salted water until tender
 * 3) Chop onion and pepper, add to the cooked meat and simmer slowly
 * 4) When nuts are soft, remove from the water and pound in a mortar to remove and crush the red outer layer. Remove and put in a large bowl, pour boiling water and stir to extract the oil
 * 5) Strain through a sieve and keep the liquid
 * 6) Repeat 4 and 5 until all the oil has been extracted
 * 7) Add the extracted liquid to the meat in the saucepan and cook slowly until most of the water has been extracted and all ingredients are soft
 * 8) Peel and add whole soft boiled eggs, shrimps or crabs as desired
 * 9) Skim of the surplus oil and save for the future
 * 10) Serve with foofoo, rice or boiled yam