What is Palm nut soup?
[[File:Palm nut soup close up 02.jpg|thumb|200px|A close-up view of palm nut soup]] '''Palm nut soup''' or '''banga''' is a [[soup]] made from [[Palm tree|palm]] fruit<ref>{{cite book | last=Saffery | first=D. | title=The Ghana Cookery Book | publisher=Jeppestown Press | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-9553936-6-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSVcQFoIsDIC&pg=PA50|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Yussif | first=E. | title=The Facet of Black Culture | publisher=Trafford Publishing | issue=v. 1 | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4669-8847-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ueo4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|page=53}}</ref> common in [[Cameroon]], [[Ghana]], [[Nigerian|Nigeria]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] and [[Ivory Coast]]. It is made from a palm cream or palm nut base with stewed [[Marinade|marinated]] meats and [[Smoked fish|smoked]] dried fish. It is often eaten with [[starch]], [[fufu]], [[omotuo]], [[banku (dish)|banku]], [[fonio]], or rice. == Cameroon == {{lang|fr|Mbanga|italic=yes}} soup is a palm fruit soup in [[Cameroon]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Osseo-Asare|first=Fran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1s-a7EMM6BgC&dq=Mbanga+soup&pg=PA147|title=Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa|date=November 24, 2005|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313324888|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Crush|first1=Jonathan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41UiDQAAQBAJ&dq=Mbanga+soup&pg=PA147|title=Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa|last2=Battersby|first2=Jane|date=September 23, 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319435671|via=Google Books}}</ref> and West Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 13, 2013|title=Mbanga/Palmnut Soup|url=https://www.africanbites.com/mbangapalmnut-soup/}}</ref> It is often served with [[kwacoco]]. The soup is Cameroon's version of the West African [[Banga (soup)|banga]]. In Cameroon {{lang|fr|mbanga|italic=no}} is made using fresh palm nuts. Outside the area [[Can|canned]] nuts can be used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.congocookbook.com/soup