Recipes for Thickened Soup

Palm Nut Soup 12 cups of palm nuts 1 large onion 500g meat 500g smoked fish 3 graden eggs 4 crabs or snails Salt and pepper to taste 3 tomatoes 1) Wash palm nuts, cover them with water in a saucepan and boil until they are soft. 2)Wash the meat. Cut into neat pieces, add half the onion, a little salt and a little water. Cook slowly in a separate pot. 3)When the nuts are soft, pour out water and beat the nuts in a mortar until the skins are crashed. Put them into a bowl and mix with warm water. 4)Squeeze the nuts, take out the fiber. Beat and strain again until the oil is removed. 5)Strain the liquid through a sieve. 6)Add the palm and liquid to the meat. Add the washed garden eggs, tomatoes, pepper, and the remainder of the onion. 7)Simmer till all the ingredients are soft. Remove the garden eggs, tomatoes and pepper. Grind the pepper and tomatoes, mix with some of the liquid from the soup and strain to remove the seeds. Return to the soup. 8)Add the fish and crabs. Season. Continue simmering until a thick consistency is obtained, and all ingredients are tender. 9)Skim off surplus oil from the top of the soup. Store for future use.