DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Abunubunu Soup
Green cocoyam-leaf soup with smoked fish, snails and mushrooms.
About Abunubunu Soup
Aftrad Village Kitchen’s ebunu ebunu follows the Ghanaian Akan green soup made with cocoyam leaves. The source combines smoked mudfish, dried herrings, salted tilapia, grilled mackerel, snails and mushrooms.
Onion, garlic, ginger and Scotch bonnet season the soup. The smoked and salted fish give it a pronounced savoury character, with shrimp seasoning also present.
Blended cocoyam leaves form the green, thickened body around the proteins. Kwansesaawa, okra and kpakposhito remain optional; boiled ripe plantains are the author’s selected serving companion.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Molluscs, Fish.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Abunubunu Soup
Aftrad Village Kitchen’s Akan cocoyam-leaf soup with fish and snails.
- SnailsProtein
- Smoked mudfishProtein
- Oyster mushroomsBase
- Grilled mackerelProtein
- Dried herringsProtein
- Koobi (salted dried tilapia)Protein
- Cocoyam leavesBase
- KwansesaawaBase · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- OnionsAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- GingerAromatic
- Scotch bonnet pepperSeasoning
- KpakposhitoSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- OkraBase · Optional
- Fresh tomatoesBase
- Shrimp seasoning cubeSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Lemon juiceCooking medium
- WaterLiquid
- Boiled ripe plantainsAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Snails: Molluscs
- Smoked mudfish: Fish. Broader mudfish link, smoked form retained.
- Oyster mushrooms: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source preferred oyster choice rather than similar mushrooms.
- Grilled mackerel: Fish. Broader common mackerel identity; prior grilling formula unknown.
- Dried herrings: Fish. Broader herring link, dried form retained.
- Koobi (salted dried tilapia): Fish. Broader tilapia identity, exact salted/dried form retained.
- Cocoyam leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kwansesaawa (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source resembles pea aubergines; exact species unverified.
- Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scotch bonnet pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kpakposhito (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named Pettie Belle chilli, precise cultivar mapping absent.
- Okra (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Shrimp seasoning cube: Crustaceans. Actual flavour/product composition unprovided.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method snail-cleaning lemon, no claimed retained juice.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit blending/leaf cooking/conditional consistency adjustment allocations.
- Boiled ripe plantains: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Author actual selected companion rather than source fufu/rice alternatives; prior boiling medium unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Ghana
- GhanaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Akan Cuisine
- Ghanaian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.