HURRAY!!! Its FridayFoodies with @bekky by @maryfavour for @redfishpillar : Melon with Vegetabl soup and Semolina

Goodday to everyone on this planet, your humble naija lady @bekky is here again on FridayFoodies contest organised by @maryfavour for @redfishpillar for all and sundries to participate.

I know I am not really good at writing stories or making up science post but when it comes to pratical activities, be rest assured I will be there.

In this contest you have to pick any food or drinks of your choice and give the ingredients needed with images and the necessary procedures with images too and make it into a post, in which you then drop the link as a reply on the host recent post put up for the contest for that week.

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NOW TO BUSINESS

One thing you do not know about me is that I am a lover of traditional things, from food, dress, even to my choice of music...

dont mind me, maybe its because of how and where I grew up

Therefore, my entry for today's #fridayfoodies will be MELON WITH VEGETABLE SOUP AND SEMOLINA MEAL

That sounds delicious right?!

Below are the ingredients required:

• for the soup
  

  

• Melon seed (grinded with grinding machine or manual foodmiller)

• Leafy vegetable (I used pumpkin leaf -
  Ugwu)

• Crayfish

• Smoked fish

• Iced fish (Mackerel and Sardine)

• Palm oil

• Seasonings

• Salt

• Locust bean

• Fruit Vegetable: Red pepper, Tomatoes and Onions

• The meal
  
  • Semolina flour

Getting some of the whole ingredients ready for use

• Wash and chop your leafy vegetable

• Wash the fruit vetables and grate them using either a manual grater or a blender

• Cut your iced fishes into desired sizes, clean, put in a pot and boil for 5minutes (the stock will be needed)

• Cut the smoked fishes into smaller pieces and soak with hot or warm water and salt

The Procedures in making the soup are:

• Set your pot on low heat it up a bit, add your palm oil and bleach for just a minute.

• After the oil bleaching, pour your grated pepper, tomato and onions and stir

• After frying for few seconds, add locust beans, crayfish, the smoked fishes and then the stock

Note: You can taste if the seasonings in the stock is enough according to your taste.

• Leave to fry for 3mins with continuous stiring and then add the grinded melon seed and stir again

Allow the melon to fry for about 2mins before adding water (small quantity), then cover and allow to steam for 1minutes

• Now pour in the pumpkin leaves and mix it into the melon, add your boiled fish and mix gently and leave everything over fire to steam for another 1minute.

STIR GENTLY AGAIN, TAKE THE POT OFF THE HEAT, NOW YOUR SOUP IS READY FOR SERVING

Procedure in preparing the Semolina meal

• Put small quantity of water into a small pot, set over fire and allow to boil

  Aside, mix small quantity of Semolina flour in a cold water

• As soon the the water boil, measure out a small water quantity and pour in the cold water mixed Semolina flour and stir

• Stir for about 2minutes, then pour in more dry Semolina flour to thicken it a bit... check the thickness: if it is too hard, add small water and continue stirring.
  While still over the heat, stir well for about 2minutes. Put down from the heat and serve with the soup prepared

ENJOY YOUR MEAL