Palm Nut Soup · Bakweri Pairing
Mbanga Soup
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Cameroon's mbanga belongs to the same family as Ghana's abenkwan and Congo's moambe — all built on freshly pounded palm nuts, each country's spice blend giving it a different character.
Fresh palm nuts are boiled and pounded to extract a rich orange cream, then simmered with marinated meat, smoked fish and crayfish into a thick, glossy soup. In Buea it's classically ladled over kwacoco.
Why it's made this way: Mbanga soup is a native dish of the Bakweri people, whose home around Mount Cameroon's palm groves supplies the fresh nuts the soup depends on.
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