Ghanaian Vegan NkanteKonto Soup (Green Peanut Soup)
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Loading... - Ibrahim Yakubu
- 13 Sep 2022
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This recipe is a combination of my beloved vegan groundnut soup recipe and a popular green soup called ebunuebunu.
What is Green Soup?
I vividly remember as a child my mother used to make ebunu ebunu soup, which is a green soup. The soup has a dark green colour from the cocoyam/taro leaves that were boiled and blended into this soup. it was soup we always had when snails were in season, and for some reason, always tasted better when it rained. Out of all the Ghanaian soups, it is not a really popular soup but it is packed with flavour and nutrients.
It is a soup I come back to time and time again when I need a boost of nutrients and iron. In this specific recipe, I included peanuts for healthy fats. This then changes the name of the dish from ebunu ebunu to nkatekonto (peanuts and kontomire/cocoyam). If you want to try the peanut butter/groundnut soup on its own, you can check out my Groundnut Soup recipe.
What you will need
- Mushrooms: these are going to be the base of all veganized Ghanaian soups. They have a nice meat flavour, bring great texture and make a really fragrant soup base. I love using a mix of dried mushrooms I purchase at the Asian supermarket. Today I am using a mixture of tea tree and shiitake mushrooms
- Aromatics: Onions, Tomatoes, Ginger and Scotch Bonnet pepper are essential to any Ghanaian soup. If you cannot handle heat, you can skip the scotch bonnet or sub with a milder hot pepper. Read More...
