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Atama Soup
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Atama Soup

12 ingredients 8 steps wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

11
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Fat
4g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 8 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Meat not in our table 0
Smoked Fish not in our table 0
Palm Fruit not in our table 0
Crayfish not in our table 0
Snail not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg meat
  • Smoked fish
  • Mudu palm fruit
  • Small piece of lime/alum
  • 1 tablespoon ground crayfish
  • Small bunch of atama leaves
  • Medium-sized snails
  • Water
  • Small piece of uyayak
  • 2 cubes of maggi or more to taste
  • 1 cup of periwinkles
  • Salt to taste

Directions

1

Cut a little piece of the tail end of periwinkle, then wash thoroughly and boil with a teaspoon of salt of about for about 8–10 minutes until it foams. Remove and wash thoroughly to get rid of the dirt.

2

Wash and boil palm fruits for about 30 minutes. Drain off water and pound for few minutes. Add palm fruits to warm water, mix thoroughly, and drain off the oily extract.

3

Remove unwanted bits of snails, add 2 tbsp salt, and knead to remove the slime. Use lime to wash snail thoroughly to remove the remaining slime. Season and boil snail until it’s cooked.

4

Cut and finely grind the atama leaves.

5

Pour the oily palm fruit extract in a pot, boil for about 5 minutes, add boiled snail, meat, cleaned fish, periwinkle, pepper, and maggi. Stir and allow to boil for about 10 minutes.

6

Add atama leaves, and let it boil for 10 minutes without stirring.

7

Add uyayak and salt to taste, then stir well. Allow to simmer for another 10–15 minutes.

8

Remove from heat, then serve with pounded yam , fufu, or boiled rice .

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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