About 1Q Food Platter Contact Meal plans, Tips and MoreRSS FeedAbak Atama SoupPosted on10 February, 2013by1Qfoodplatter |21 Comments|Nigerian SoupsPalm fruit as a base for soup is quite common in the south east and delta regions of Nigeria. I also found out that in Ghana, Cameroun, and Cote dIvoire the use of palm fruit sauce is common. You find canned palm fruit sauce in shops these days.One of the food items on my last month trip to Calabar was Eyop (palm fruit). The ones from the Watt market in Calabar are so fresh compared to the ones we find in Lagos and they are cheap! Trust me I chartered quite some quantity to make at least six pots of soup. All I did was wash and parboil for 5 mins, cool and freeze. Actually if you freeze fresh palm fruit without parboiling the oil/ soup sticky to the tongue .

Atama is a vegetable . Most Calabar women in the market know this.This is what brings the characteristic aroma to the soup coupled with uyayak,an aromatic spice.

Abak on the other hand is the palm fruit sauce, so the name of the soup is derived from both the sauce and the vegetable you add, so naturally there many types of Abak.One thing I can promise with Abak Atama is that you can hardly go wrong with the end result. If you happen to end up with some palm fruit sauce that will not thicken easily,just sprinkle some Egusi in it. Bingo, your soup gets thick.If you are on a weight reduction diet you dont want to make this a daily meal.But again eating is all about variety in controlled portions. Enjoy this soup which is quite similar to Banga from the Delta region.Recipe1 big derica cup Palm fruit1 medium bunch Atama( shredded very finely)10 pieces Beef10 pieces Pomo1 cup Periwinkle (in shell)4 medium pieces Crab1 stock fish head1 medium size smoked fish1/2 cup smoked prawn1/2 piece Uyayak1table spoon dry Pepper2tablets crayfish seasoning1 beef seasoning( to boil meat)Salt to tasteMethod1, Boil the Eyop (palm fruit) for about 25 minutes2, Pound to separate the flesh from the nut. This takes some experience else you might end up breaking up all the nuts. You dont hit the fruit too hard

3, Pour about 11/2 bottles of water( 1.5 liters) into the palm fruit and using your hand squeeze out the juice from the pulp4, Sieve the juice into a pot and set aside5,Season the beef with seasoning, salt, and some dry pepper and steam till half cooked. The rest of the cooking will be completed when cooking the soup.6, Pour beef into pot of palm fruit sauce and bring to boil

7, Add the stock fish head, Pomo(cow skin), periwinkle , smoked prawn and smoked fish8, Add the Uyayak, dry pepper ground crayfish, seasoning and salt to taste9, Cook until it starts to thicken and add your Atama.

10, Add salt to taste and cook until soup thickens to the desired consistency( just like afia Efere or ofe nasala)11, Serve with pounded yam ,rice or Eba

Tags:abak,abak atama soup,atama,calabar,eyop,naija soup,nigerian soup,palmfruit,pomo,uyayak.Egg and Bread bitesCrack and dye Eggs Trackbacks Comments adetola adeyinka11 February, 2013ReplyI am going to cook this in the coming week. I will give you feedback. 1Qfoodplatter11 February, 2013ReplyHi,Adetola. Looking forward to your feedback adetola adeyinka19 February, 2013ReplyGood Morning Ma. I tried the soup this weekend. I sent you a mail with the picture attached. Thank you very much. 1Qfoodplatter19 February, 2013ReplyHi, Adetola. Glad to see you tried the dish. Please resend the picture as I did not receive it adetola adeyinka19 February, 2013I sent it to:1qfoodplatter@gmail.com. I resent it a few minutes ago. sinmi11 February, 2013Replypls d english for name for atama n uyayak? one more thing, i crave variety of dishes and also love ur post but its difficult to get some item as they are named in native lang. kindly post common names of vegetable and spices in ur recipe for easy identiificatn. thanks 1Qfoodplatter11 February, 2013ReplyHi,Sinmi. Thank you for the feedback.Uyayak is known as Aidan fruit. Atama on the other hand is indegenous to the Calabar people.I have not found an English name for it. As much as possible we will get the English names for the ingredients where possible . Abasiama Obi-Chinedu11 September, 2013ReplyAnother thing I think you can do is ask for calabar women in the market, ask them for the spices/leaves, they know and will give you/direct you to those who sell. 1Qfoodplatter11 September, 2013ReplyHi, Abasiama. I feel you.lol 1Qfoodplatter11 September, 2013ReplyHi Abasiama. Thanks for you contribution. Ajiri Avae11 February, 2013ReplyThis soup is also called Banga. Thanks for the recipe. Emerald26 February, 2013ReplyKeep it up sista, Just love this page, Love cooking and abak is my favourite 1Qfoodplatter26 February, 2013ReplyEmerald,thank you for the compliment. You will sure enjoy your Abak . Happy cooking. pug12 June, 2013Replyhonestly i have tried all means to be a silent reader bt ds site is just a compelling type, one of the things dt makes ds site a unique one is the neatness, i mean total to the core!!!!!!! , aside just lets talk about the FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, very clean background, enviroment,& charming colours, perhaps lots of people doesnt put ths into consederation bt believe me it counts a lot.we can equaly take a walk to culinary sites in youtube & see wt i mean . in d commercial studies this is refered to as a PROVOCATIVE ADVERTSMENT 1Qfoodplatter12 June, 2013ReplyHi,Sarah. What can I say about this complements:)I am just expressing my self through food. Glad you like the blog. PUG12 June, 2013Replyaunty what other name do we have for atama vegetables or how else could it be described? 1Qfoodplatter12 June, 2013ReplyHi, Sarah. Unfortunately I am not aware of any other name for Atama. But I do know that Beletete that is used for Banga soup is a good alternative. oby22 August, 2013Replyatama is a vegetable on it own, the best people to ask are akwa ibom or calabar indigenesis normally prepared with palm kernel, is very nice 1Qfoodplatter22 August, 2013ReplyHi Oby. I know about Atama because I come from Akwa Ibom state. Abasiama Obi-Chinedu11 September, 2013ReplyI so miss my mom right now. Uyo is shouting my name very lightly. I hated this soup growing up but now, Id give anything to eat it. Abiong adong mi tutu! Lol blessing20 September, 2013Replyshould the uyayak be grounded or put as it is?Leave a Reply Top of Form

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