Cook with me the MOST UNIQUE Ghanaian SOUP of all Time, ABE NKATI KONTO! Palm nut & Peanut Butter

groundnut paste

🥗Healthier: peanut butter

💰Cheaper: crushed peanuts

Peanut butter is widely available and can mimic the flavor.

cassava

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: potato

Sweet potatoes offer a similar texture and are often cheaper.

plantains

🥗Healthier: bananas

💰Cheaper: regular bananas

Bananas can substitute in sweetness and texture.

onions

🥗Healthier: shallots

💰Cheaper: leeks

Shallots provide a milder flavor while leeks are often less expensive.

Go to the market to gather local ingredients.

Add palm nut fruit and peanut butter to the pot.

Add fresh pepper and Tey berries on top of the palm fruit before boiling.

Boil the palm fruit with water and salt.

Grind the pepper and Tey berries together.

Pound the palm fruit to extract oil and liquid.

Squeeze the mixture to get the liquid out, repeating the process for maximum extraction.

Add the extracted liquid back to the pot.

Mix in peanut butter with the soup.

Wash and add Taro leaves to the soup.

Add fish and any additional meat to the soup.

Blend or chop garlic, ginger, and onion, then add to the soup.

Blend or chop Taro leaves and add to the soup.

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