My Family Recipe

Family most cherished recipe is more than just a meal; it is true indication of love, joy and connection within loved ones. The unique taste of the recipe, cultural/ traditional significance, and togetherness are what made family recipes to be cherished.

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For the purpose of this contest, I will be sharing one of the recipes that is well cherished by my family. This recipe is called NATIVE SAUCE which can be prepared with many ingredients but fresh tomato, fresh pepper, palm oil and fish are four most important ingredients.

This sauce was originated from Yoruba, Nigeria as pepper sauce which they named; "Ata Dindin" but the South-south people of Nigeria called it native sauce.

For my special recipe, I added extra ingredients ( veggies) to make the sauce more yummy and healthy.
Here are the ingredients used;

• Fresh tomatoes
• Fresh pepper
• Onions
• Palm oil
• Dried fish
• Cow skin
• Bell pepper
• Green peas
• Curry leaf
• Salt
• Maggi
• Thyme
• Curry powder

Native sauce is very simple to prepare but time consuming. Let's find out what makes it time consuming during the preparation process.

Preparation Procedures

Step 1: wash and blend fresh tomatoes, pour it into a pot and boil until the water dries up. It takes 20-30 minutes for the tomato to boil and dry up the water depending on the quantity.

Blending tomatoes	Boiling process

Step 2: heat up pan, pour palm oil and add onions when the oil is hot.

Pouring oil into the pot	Adding onions

Step 3: add fresh tomatoes and blended fresh pepper and cover to boil for at least 8 minutes. It is important to boil palm oil properly so it doesn't taste sour in the mouth.

Adding tomatoes	Adding pepper

Step 4: add curry powder and thyme.

Adding thyme	Adding curry

Step 5: add salt and maggi

Adding salt	Adding maggi

Step 6: add fish and cow skin then a little water to enable the ingredients cook properly.

Adding fish and cow skin	Adding water

Step 7: add green peas and green bell pepper. Allow it to boil for 1 minute before adding curry leaf.

Adding green peas and bell pepper	Adding curry leaf

Allow the sauce to boil for at least 1 minute before turning off the gas.

My native sauce is ready

This sauce can be served with white rice, all kinds of pastas, yam, plantain, potatoes and white beans. My family likes this sauce because it can be combined or served with the above listed foods with ease. After preparing the sauce, I served it with boiled sweet potatoes for dinner and the taste brought same joy as always.

Served with sweet potatoes

Possible Health Benefits

This sauce is very rich in nutrients which is also very beneficial to our health;

• It helps to reduce inflammation
• Good for weight maintenance
• It protect the body against diseases
• Native sauce keeps the skin heathy

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I will invite @dequeen, @anasuleidy and @chant to join the contest.

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