Palmnut Soup

== Description ==
== Ingredients ==
* 60 - 100 Fresh Palm nuts
* 2 Large Dried *1 lb. meat
* 4 Large tomatoes
* 6 Whole okra
* 1 Cup Shrimps or 6 Crabs (optional)
* 1 Large Onion
* 2 red peppers
* salt to taste
* water
* Boiled eggs (optional)
== Directions ==
# Wash the palmnuts, put in a saucepan of water to boil
# Cut the meat into cubes and cook in a saucepan of salted water until tender
# Chop Onion and pepper, add to the cooked meat and simmer slowly
# When nuts are soft, remove from the water and pound in a mortar to remove and crush the red outer layer. Remove and put in a large bowl, pour boiling water and stir to extract the oil
# Strain through a sieve and keep the liquid
# Repeat 4 and 5 until all the oil has been extracted
# Add the extracted liquid to the meat in the saucepan and cook slowly until most of the water has been extracted and all ingredients are soft
# Peel and add whole soft boiled eggs, shrimps or crabs as desired
# Skim of the surplus oil and save for the future
# Serve with foofoo, rice or boiled yam
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