Cookbook:Ager Soup
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Ager soup is a typical Nigerian draw soup prepared from the pulp obtained from ager tree. It is commonly consumed by the Tiv people.
Ingredients[edit | edit source]
- Ager
- Palm oil
- Beef, rinsed
- Fish, rinsed
- Nune (locust bean cake)
- Maggi cubes
- Pepper, blended
- Salt to taste
Procedure[edit | edit source]
- Scrape off the white flaky skin of the ager stalk.
- To remove the ager pulp, pound gently for few minutes.
- Squeeze the pulp in a small amount of water to extract the slippery juice. Sieve this product to separate the juice from the fibres.
- Heat a little water in a pot, and add the ager juice.
- Add the palm oil, beef, and fish, then cook for few minutes.
- Stir continuously until an elastic consistency is achieved.
- Add nune, maggi cubes, and salt to taste.
- Serve with swallows as desired.