Banga Leaf

Atama leaves is the vegetable used in making Abak Atama /Banga  a soup commonly eaten in the Akwa Ibom and Cross river states of Nigeria. This vegetable is only eaten in this part of Nigeria. The soup is made from palm kernel; the extract of oil obtained from the palm kernel is what is used to make the soup. Atama soup is mostly thick and cooked with variety of meat, dry fish and sometimes periwinkle. Ingredients for preparing it include: fresh palm kernel, onions, salt, and others.