Food challenge contest week #38|| How to cook Fluted Pumpkin Leaves With Okro🍲 || by @edidiongeffiong
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INTRODUCTION
Greetings my beautiful friends and kids of these Community, how are you all doing these weekend, i trust you are doing fine and enjoying your weekend.
You're welcome to my post once again and welcome to another wwek(#38) of **Food challenge in the @steemkidss community also organized by steemkids.
In my post today i will be sharing with you the steps i used in cooking Fluted pumpkin leaves with okro using firewood.
It is very easy if you follow my few steps below.
I want to use this opportunity to thank steemkidss for always organizing these contest and for working tirelessly for the growth of this community.
Keep up the good work.
ABOUT FLUTED PUMPKIN LEAVES
Fluted pumpkin leaves
It is a deep greeny vegetable leaf that is very nutritious, it is a very popular leaf in my state Akwa ibom in Nigeria.
Fluted pumpkin leaf is used in cooking Edikang ikong soup and also can be use in cooking rice by slicing and adding small quantity in the rice to make it colourful and attractive.
FUNCTIONS AND BENEFITS OF FLUTED PUMPKIN LEAVES
Below are the functions and benefits of fluted pumpkin leaves;
It is used in cooking food
It prevent cardiovascular disease
It helps in increasing of breast milk production in women
It's used in treating parasitic maleria infections
It helps in loosing weight
Prevention of cancer
It strengthen the bones, cause of the great amount of calcium, magnesium and potassium in the leaf.
INGREDIENTS USED IN COOKING FLUTED PUMPKIN LEAVES WITH OKRO
| ITEMS | PRICE IN NAIRA | PRICE IN STEEM |
|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin leaf | 200 | 0.13 |
| Okro | 200 | 0.13 |
| Onion | 50 | 0.0321 |
| Crayfish | 150 | 0.1 |
| Pepper | 50 | 0.0321 |
| Salt | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Seasoning cubes | 50 | 0.0321 |
| Palm-oil | 150 | 0.1 |
| Periwinkle | 100 | 0.065 |
| Meat | 500 | 0.321 |
| Fish | 300 | 0.193 |
| Kpomo | 300 | 0.193 |
STEPS IN COOKING FLUTED PUMPKIN LEAVES WITH OKRO
Step 1
- you wash the meat and kpomo(cow skin) in to the pot and put a small water and allow it to steam.
Step 2
- After that you put in your ingredients( seasoning cubes, onion, crayfish, pepper and salt) and periwinkle and cover the pot for it to cook for some time
Step 3
- After that you add your okro and stir it very well then you cover it again for some minutes
Step 4
- After some minutes you put in your palm-oil and stir it
Step 5
- Then lastly you put in your slice fluted pumpkin leaves and stir it.
NOTE: After putting in your pumpkin leaves you will only allow it to cook for only one minute, so that the leaves won't die off.
FOOD IS READY
CONCLUSION
This is the end of my tutorial on how to cook fluted pumpkin leaves with okro, i hope with these few steps above you can prepare the soup yourself.
| DEVICE : | iTel P32 and Redmi 11s |
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wow this food must be so so delicious and nice indeed I need to visit you so as I will join you to enjoy
Come fast ooo, so that i wont mistakenly finish it😊
You've tried to make something interesting by cooking a side dish of "vegetables" from chayote leaves. Chayote leaves are a type of green plant that is beneficial for the body as you mentioned. Thank you for presenting this delicious side dish.
Thank you so much for your support @ridwant, i really appreciate
Hello @edidiongeffiong, it's nice to see you making this dish. The okro soup is a very delicious meal that is enjoyed here in the country. Thank you for participating in the food Challenge contest
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You're welcome ma'am
this food looks delicious indeed @edidiongeffiong