What is banga paste? It is an extract gotten from palm fruits (palm tree), mainly for soup/stew preparation especially in Nigeria. The people of Niger Delta especially; Delta and Edo state, takes it as their delicacy. It takes some processes to produce the paste and in a time like this were people are looking for ease, they are always ready to buy the already prepared paste. And this has created a good business opportunity for entrepreneurs. Banga paste can be bought in stores both online and offline. In this post, I will give you a step by step method of banga paste processing.
Apart from selling within the country, it can also be exported to other countries as our African brothers delight in home food.
How to make banga paste
Ingredients for banga paste
- Palm fruits
- water
- spices (optional)
Procedures
- Remove any impurity and spoilt palm fruit from the lot
- Wash with plenty water for up to 3 times into a big pot depending on the quantity
- Put on the fire and allow to cook on medium heat.
- Wash your mortar and pestle, there is a machine you can use to mash the cooked palm fruits for easy processing.
- Bring down the pot when the palm fruit is soft and not stingy to the nut when peeled
- Remove the palm fruits from the pot into the mortar and pound
- Boil water
- When well pounded or when the flesh is separated from the nuts you pour in hot water
- Use a scapular to stir
- Strain out the water with a decanter
- Decant the liquid into a bigger pot
- Place the pot on fire to reduce the quantity of water until it becomes a paste
- Package for sell
How to package banga paste for sell
Packaging is business, the well packaged your products are, the more appealing and attractive it will be to customers. So use nice containers, and good labeling materials. Engage the services of a graphic designer to do a well designed sticker for you;
You can use a business name, a name that can be pronounced and memorized easily.
The price of banga extracr in Nigeria
100g #2,000, 1kg #9,000
How to preserve banga extract
When you boil it into a paste and packaged in a well sealed container, it can stay for as long as you want to keep it, same way palm oil stays. Paim oil has natural properties that preserves its quality.Make sure you use a fresh and good palm fruits for the production so as to maintain freshness when packaged. The is a business idea you will love especially if you are in states where palm trees are planted in large quantities.
