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Banga rice

Traditional dish from Nigeria

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About Banga rice

Nigerian rice dish prepared with palm fruit concentrate

Banga rice is a traditional Nigerian food prepared with palm fruit like in palm nut soup. The dish is common among the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria. Banga is the juice extracted from palm nut fruit. It is called banga rice after the juice extracted from the palm nut is cooked with parboiled white rice.

Components

  • table salt
  • beef
  • rice
  • onion
  • Capsicum
  • crayfish
  • seasoning sauce
  • Palm fruit
  • Matricaria chamomilla

Dietary Information

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Traditional Nigeria cuisine

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