HWC contest #130: Food Diary Game - WEEK - 42 by @geegirl (18/03/2025)

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Greetings, noble people of the Hindwhale community. I believe all is well by the grace of God. I'm geegirl, from @nigeria. I'm here to participate in HWC contest #130: Food Diary Game - WEEK - 42 organized by @jyoti-thelight. Thank you. I'll be sharing with you how I prepare Afang soup. Please follow along with me.

^{Afang soup}

INTRODUCTION

Afang soup is a popular Nigerian vegetable soup. It originated from the Ibibio and Efik people in southern Nigeria. Afang soup is served on various occasions like weddings, birthday parties, etc.

^{Afang leave and waterleaf}

Ingredients

Cow meat
Cow skin (ikpomo)
Fish
Crayfish
Fresh pepper
Maggi (Seasoning cube)
Salt
Periwinkle
Red oil

^{Ingredients in picture}

How I prepared Afang Soup

^{What make afang soup in picture}

I started by selecting the Afang leaves, washed them, and sun-dried it for some minutes to the drain the water. After that, I chopped them thinly and pounded them. I don't really like to grind afang leave when I am cooking because it doesn't give me that taste like pounding it aside.

^{Washing the afang leave}

^{Drying the afang leave}

^{Chopping process}

^{After chopping the leave}

^{Pounding the afang}

Next, I selected the water leaves, washed them, and chopped them thinly. After that, sieved it to drain out excess water and keep it aside.

^{Washing the waterleaf}

^{Chopping process}

^{After chopping}

^{Sieve process to remove water}

After that I went ahead to cut the periwinkle, washed it very well with water and salt.

^{Cutting of periwinkle}

^{Washing it}

When I was done with that, In a clean pot, I washed and cut the meat and kpomo into pieces. I added the periwinkle, and seasoned with pepper, Maggi, and salt. I allow it cook for minutes and then I washed the fish with salt and add, after some minutes I added water, covered the pot to Cook until the meat and ikpomo softened. Then, I added the sieved water leaves, Maggi, pounded fresh pepper mixed with crayfish and red oil.

^{Adding waterleaf}

^{Adding Maggi and pounded fresh pepper mixed with crayfish}

^{Adding red oil}

^{Adding the afang leave}

After then I cover the pot to Cook for a second, stir it well and finally, I added the pounded Afang leaves, stirred well, and served, I love it fresh and green.

^{Afang soup is served}

Afang soup is rich in nutrient, it offers various health benefits due to its high value of
mineral, antioxidant and vitamin.

Health benefits of Afang soup;

Rich in antioxidants
Boosts immune system
May help lower blood pressure
Supports healthy digestion and healthy bones
May help reduce cancer risk and also help manage blood sugar.

When I was done cooking the afang soup I went ahead and prepare foofoo because I love afang soup with foofoo.
I poured a desire amount of sieve cassava into the pot, add a little water and mixed it very well until it soft, then put the pot in the fire and stirred it until it's sticky and dough-like.

Splash 👇👇 How I prepared foofoo in pictures