Changes: Abenkwan I

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Description

Abenkwan na Fufu (Fante, Ghana) Nutritionally, this exotic, tropical soup is very rich in minerals, vitamin A, and natural oils.

Ingredients

1½ lb palm nuts
1 lb bone-in beef
8 oz smoked fish
3 tomatoes
4 eggplants
6 shallots, chopped
2 medium sized onions
2 tsp ground pepper
1 clove ground garlic
2 tbsp dried smoked shrimp, ground
salt to taste

Directions

Wash the palm nuts, put them into a saucepan, cover with water and boil until they are soft.
Prepare meat and fish, wash and put it into a saucepan, add salt, garlic and chopped shallots.
Add a little water, and bring to the boil.
Pound the palm nuts in a mortar until pulpy.
Put into a bowl, add warm water and stir with hand and remove the fiber residue by squeezing out the juice.
Strain the palm liquid through a fine strainer into a clean bowl.
Add the palm nut liquid to the meat with tomatoes, onions, garden eggs and pepper.
Simmer till all ingredients are soft.
Remove vegetables, grind and return to the soup mixture.
Allow to simmer for about 1 hour.
Serve with fufu, banku, kenkey, etc.

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 == Description ==
 '''Abenkwan''' na Fufu (Fante, Ghana) Nutritionally, this exotic, tropical soup is very rich in minerals, vitamin A, and natural oils.
 == Ingredients ==
+* 1½ lb [[palm nuts]]
-# 1½lb palm [[nuts]]
+* 1 lb bone-in [[beef]]
-# 1&nbsp;lb bone-in [[Beef]]
+* 8 oz smoked [[fish]]
+* 3 [[tomato]]es
-# 8oz smoked fish
-# 3 [[tomato]]es
+* 4 [[eggplant]]s
-# 6 shallots, chopped
+* 6 [[shallots]], chopped
-# 2 medium sized [[onion]]s
+* 2 medium sized [[onion]]s
-# 2 teaspn. ground [[pepper]]
+* 2 tsp ground [[pepper]]
-# 1 [[clove]] ground [[garlic]]
+* 1 clove ground [[garlic]]
-# 2 dsrtspn. dried smoked [[Shrimp]], ground
+* 2 tbsp [[dried shrimp|dried smoked shrimp]], ground
-# [[salt]] to taste
+* [[salt]] to taste
 == Directions ==
+# Wash the palm [[nuts]], put them into a saucepan, cover with [[water]] and boil until they are soft.
+# Prepare meat and fish, wash and put it into a saucepan, add [[salt]], [[garlic]] and chopped shallots.
+# Add a little [[water]], and bring to the boil.
+# Pound the palm [[nuts]] in a mortar until pulpy.
+# Put into a bowl, add warm [[water]] and stir with hand and remove the fiber residue by squeezing out the juice.
+# Strain the palm liquid through a fine strainer into a clean bowl.
+# Add the palm nut liquid to the meat with [[tomato]]es, [[onion]]s, [[garden eggs]] and [[pepper]].
+# Simmer till all ingredients are soft.
+# Remove vegetables, grind and return to the soup mixture.
+# Allow to simmer for about 1 hour.
+# Serve with fufu, banku, kenkey, etc.
+[[Category:Ghanaian Soups]]
-Wash the palm [[nuts]], put them into a saucepan, cover with [[water]] and boil until they are soft.
-Prepare meat and fish, wash and put it into a saucepan, add [[salt]], [[garlic]] and chopped shallots. Add a little [[water]], and bring to the boil.
-Pound the palm [[nuts]] in a mortar until pulpy. Put into a bowl, add warm [[water]] and stir with hand and remove the fiber residue by squeezing out the juice.
-Strain the palm liquid through a fine strainer into a clean bowl.
-Add the palm nut liquid to the meat with [[tomato]]es, [[onion]]s, [[garden eggs]] and [[pepper]]. Simmer till all ingredients are soft.
-Remove vegetables, grind and return to the soup mixture. Allow to simmer for about 1 hour.
-Serve with fufu, banku, kenkey, etc.
 [[Category:Beef Recipes]]
-[[Category:Clove Recipes]]
+[[Category:Dried shrimp Recipes]]
+[[Category:Palm nut Recipes]]
+[[Category:Fish Recipes]]
+[[Category:Tomato Recipes]]
 [[Category:Eggplant Recipes]]
-[[Category:Ghanaian Recipes]]
-[[Category:Ghanaian Soups]]
 [[Category:Recipes that need photos]]
-[[Category:Shrimp Recipes]]