Palm Nut Soup

INGREDIENTS:
- Fresh palm nuts or palm soup base
- One half pound of fresh fish, washed and cut
into pieces
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 beef bouillon cube
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 hot chile pepper
1 lb. smoked or dried fish,
skin and bones removed, washed with water.
2 tablespoons of dried prawns or dried shrimp, ground into
powder
1. If using fresh palm nuts,
process them in a food processor until they are a paste.
If necessary, add water.
2. In a large pot, bring four
cups of water to a boil. Add fresh fish, onion, garlic,
salt and pepper, bouillon cube, chile pepper. Reduce heat,
and simmer for ten minutes.
3. Add palm nut pulp and
continue to simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally for
ten minutes.
4. Add smoked or dried fish
and dried pawns or shrimp. Simmer for another ten minutes
or until soup is thickened to your taste.
5. Serve over boiled rice,
yams, or plantains.
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