{"id":46,"slug":"abak-atama-soup","title":"Abak Atama Soup","description":"Abak Atama Soup is a traditional dish of the Efik people and Ibibio people of Southern Nigeria, especially in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. It is a rich palm fruit soup made with Atama leaves, which give it a distinct aroma and flavour.","ingredients_raw":["1 kg assorted meat","2 smoked fish","1 cup periwinkles","2 medium snails (optional)","1 cup ground crayfish","500 g palm fruit extract","1 bunch fresh atama leaves","1 piece uyayak (Aidan fruit)","2–3 seasoning cubes","Salt to taste","Pepper to taste","4 cups of Water"],"ingredients_norm":["assorted meat","smoked fish","periwinkle","snail","ground crayfish","palm fruit extract","fresh atama leaf","uyayak","seasoning cube","salt","pepper","water"],"steps":["Wash the meat thoroughly and season with salt and seasoning cubes.","Cook the meat until tender and reserve the stock.","Clean the fish, snails, and periwinkles thoroughly.","Wash and finely shred or grind the atama leaves.","Pour the palm fruit extract into a cooking pot and bring to a gentle boil.","Add the cooked meat, fish, snails, and periwinkles.","Add crayfish, pepper, seasoning cubes, and uyayak.","Allow the soup to cook for 10–15 minutes.","Add the shredded atama leaves and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.","Stir gently and adjust seasoning with salt."],"categories":["Nigerian recipes","Efik recipes","African recipes"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":120,"servings":"4–6 people","yield_text":"4 plates","difficulty":"hard","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Abak_Atama_Soup","source_ref":"4639148","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Abak_Atama_Soup&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"e68dca7ff0d21ab45a929d4d9a6b556357f3f9297dbb3b51beeb9ed828da3d26","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:34:55Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:34:55Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/abak-atama-soup"}