Contest !!! || Healthy Recipe by @adylinah
It's a pleasure to join the healthy recipe challenge where the participants are to share healthy food recipes and its benefits. For the purpose of this contest, I will share a recipe of DRAW SOUP made with ogbono and okra. Different ingredients are used to make draw soup and the four ingredients that makes it healthy are;
- Ogbono seed
- Okra
- Meat
- Fish
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The health benefits of this soup includes;
- Draw soup is prepared with nutrient rich ingredients which help boost the immune system
- It supports heart health
- Good for digestive health and hinders constipation
- Good for blood sugar control because of okra
- Good for weight loss
- Good for bone health
After getting to know the health benefits of this food recipe, let's proceed to the preparation procedures and ingredients used.
Raw ingredients
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- Okra
- Ogbono
- Goat meat
- Cow skin
- Dried fish
- Onions
- Fresh pepper
- Palm oil
- Periwinkle
- Crayfish
- Stock fish
- Salt
- Maggi
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Step 1: wash, season with maggi, salt, onions and fresh pepper and steam.
Seasoned meat
Step 2: add stock fish and cow skin and continue steaming till the meat gets soft before adding dried fish.
 Adding cow skin and stock fish |  Adding dried fish |
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Step 3:add a cup of water, allow it to boil for just one minute before adding palm oil.
 Adding water |  Adding red palm oil |
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Step 4: after allowing the oil cook properly, add maggi, salt and pepper.
 Adding maggi |  Adding fresh pepper |
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Step 5: add periwinkle and ogbono. Mix blended ogbono with hot water before use in order to give your soup a smooth texture.
 Adding periwinkle |  Adding ogbono |
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Step 6: add okra, cook for just two minutes before adding crayfish.
 Adding sliced okra |  Adding crayfish |
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After boiling for a minute, turn off the gas cooker and the freshly made draw soup will be ready.
The soup is ready!
If I was asked to share this prepared recipe with one of my steemit friends, I would like to have @chant on my table having a taste of this healthy delicious delicacy. Sharing makes me happy and it will be an honor having a friend from another country to have a good taste of my dish. Being that this recipe has good health benefits, it won't be a bad idea to let someone else experience that with me.
 Dear Chant, you are invited to my table |
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This soup can be served with different kinds of swallow (garri, pounded yam, coco yam, fufu semovita) or white rice.
I will invite @dequeen @chefdanie and @mvchacin to join the contest.
CC;
@abdullahw2