White soup with chicken

1 aidan fruit, broken into three or four large pieces (the sweet and fragrant fruit pod of tetrapleura tetraptera; substitute 30g palm sugar and a few pounded mange tout)

Nigeria

Serves 4

1. Season the chicken with salt, add to a pan along with some stock, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes.

2. Add the remaining stock, washed smoked fish, chopped chillies, okra, and ground crayfish.

3. If you have access to uyayak fruit break into pieces and add to the pot.

4. Otherwise, add the palm sugar and mangetout (snow peas).

5. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook for 15 minutes.

6. Mould the pounded yam into small balls and drop into the soup to cook and thicken.

7. Remove the Aidan Fruit pieces, season to taste and serve.

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