How To Prepare Beans and Plantain Porridge And The Health Benefits Of Eating It

Beans and plantain porridge is a recipe prepared with beans and plantain. They are cooked together. This recipe is widely eaten by most Nigerians, and you may find it delicious and want to try it. In this post, I am going to write about the ingredients for preparing beans and plantain porridge, the steps to preparing this recipe, and the health benefits of eating the recipe.

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INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARING BEANS AND PLANTAIN PORRIDGE AND THE PRICE ESTIMATE FOR PREPARING IT

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• beans
• ripe plantain
• fish and crayfish
• onions
• pepper
• seasoning cube and salt
• palm oil

The above are just the major ingredients you need to prepare this special recipe. It doesn't course much. Let me give you estimated price for preparing beans and plantain porridge, but it all depends on the quantity. The estimated budget below is for the quantity that can satisfy three persons

Ingredients	Price in Naira	Pricein steem
Beans	2400	4.91
Ripe plantain	1500	2.97
Fish and grayfish	2000	3.96
0nions	400	0.79
Pepper	200	0.395
Seasoning cube and salt	200	0.395
Palm oil	1000	1.98
Total	7700	15.4

Note the above-estimated price for preparing beans and plantain porridge is made according to the price of steem at the moment this post is written.

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STEPS TO PREPARING BEANS AND PLANTAIN PORRIDGE

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• I washed my beans, put them in my cooking pot, and added water suitably. Then place it on the fire

• I washed my plantain and sliced it into smaller sizes

• I washed my fish with clean water and pounded my pepper and crayfish. I chopped my onion.

• when my beans on the fire began to boil and became slightly softened, I added my plantain covered the pot, and allowed them to be cooked

• After a while, I added my seasoning cube to the right proportion: salt, ground pepper, ground crayfish, fish, and palm. Then, stir it for the ingredients to mix.

• I allowed it on fire for some minutes. At this juncture, my beans and plantain porridge are ready.

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HEALTH BENEFITS OF EATING BEANS AND PLANTAIN PORRIDGE

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Beans contain primary protein and the reason I say primary protein is because it's a plant. In other words, eating beans gives our body protein, which would help in building our body. If we eat beans, it will help reduce our cholesterol and regulate our blood sugar levels.

Then plantain is made of Vitamin C; as such, eating plantain boosts our immunity. The potassium in it helps in controlling our blood pressure. If we eat plantain often, we may be preventing ourselves from suffering anemia because plantain contains iron.

You see when we mix plantain and beans for a palatable porridge, we don't just enjoy the taste, but we're enriching ourselves