Afang Soup
Afang Soup from Nigeria: explore its ingredients, nutrition facts, 380 calories per serving, and cultural origin.
Afang Soup — Nigeria
Afang soup combines wild afang and waterleaf in a rich palm oil base with assorted meats, a prestigious dish of the Efik people.
Foods: Afang Soup
- 160.00 g Afang leaves (Gnetum africanum — wild climbing vine forest leaf; shredded very finely; tough texture and earthy slightly bitter flavour) combined with waterleaf (Talinum triangulare — releases water during cooking; soft textural contrast)
- 180.00 ml Palm oil, assorted meats (cow foot, tripe) and periwinkles (isam — aquatic snails required for authentic afang; flesh extracted and added after boiling)
- 12.00 g Crayfish and Scotch bonnet