Atama soup

아타마 수프

Nigerian soup

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Atama soup or amme-eddi is a palm-fruit vegetable soup that originates from the Ibibio people of Akwa Ibom state, Urhobo and Isoko people of Delta State in South South Nigeria. It is a popular food among the Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom State people of Nigeria. The Urhobo people of Delta state called it amme-edi or banga soup. The soup is made from palm fruit-pulp that is derived from palm fruit; the extracted palm-pulp is base primary ingredient for the soup. Atama soup is thick and dark brown in color. It is normally prepared with Atama leaf, choice of protein like fresh meat or dry meat(mostly bush meat), dry fish, fresh fish and sometimes shrimp(dry or fresh), periwinkle as added proteins for more enhanced flavor. Ingredients: primary ingredients are Fresh Atama leaf,fresh palm-pulp sourced from palm fruit, salt and pepper and secondary ingredients which are decided based on pref

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