I Love To Take Photos: My Food Photography

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Hello everyone, I am so excited to be a part of this contest. Taking photos has always been exciting to me and food photography is no exception. I will be driving your taste buds down to the southern part of Nigeria. Welcome to Akwa Ibom state friends, a land of many delicacies and soups ranging from afang soup, editan soup, edikan ikong soup to afia efere; you will be entertained with photos of healthy and good food which was carefully prepared and garnished. I will be using their native names so whenever you pay a visit to Nigeria and Akwa Ibom specifically, you will know how to call the delicacy by its name.

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Edikan ikong soup which is generally known as vegetable soup in Nigeria is a soup prepared with the leaves from fluted pumpkin. It is prepared with water leaf and garnished with meat, stockfish, fish and periwinkle (optional).
The soup is complemented with garri. One can choose to use the hands in eating or cutleries like table knife and fork.

Edikan ikong soup or vegetable soup is highly nutritious and full of protein. It is a pleasure-motivated creation that not only releases the taste buds into a heavenly moment but also has the following benefits:

• Edikan ikong soup is rich in vitamins and this can help to improve the immune system. You can not dig into a bowl of this soup and not stand up with a better immune system

• It helps to increase blood production in the body. This soup can make the blood production duty of the heart easier.

• It can reduce blood pressure.

To read more on the benefits of the fluted pumpkin leaf which is used in preparing this soup, check this post here

Who would know the benefits and nutritional value of this soup and not love to eat it; not also forgetting the ability of Edikan Ikong soup to satisfy the taste buds.
I love edikan ikong soup and it is one of my best soups.
Have you tasted this soup before?
If you haven't, then give it a try!!

The king of soups in this part of the world is afang soup. It is made from afang leaf which is known as Wild spinach in English and gnetum africanum as the botanical name. The soup is prepared with water leaf and garnished with stockfish, fish and meat. It is highly palatable and nourishing. It is consumed with garri.
Afang soup has the following benefits;

• It boosts immunity and helps the body against diseases.

• It is a good source of dietary fibre and will help in digestion and also weight loss, which is very good for the body

• It is also rich in vitamins which will in turn boost the immune system

• It improves the reproductive health of humans.

Most occasions in Akwa Ibom state usually include afang soup in their menus because of how nourishing and nutritious this food is. A dip into the bowl of this soup with garri is heavenly.

I do love afang soup very much, it is the delicacy I eat most and that is because of how it is cherished in this part of the world.

Edikan Ikong and afang soup are nutritional and also nourishing, and I am excited revealing this two soups and it's benefits to the world.
Thank you!!

I invite @davidmarkgeorge, @imohmitch and @brightoekeh to participate.

I used Redmi 10c to capture this food and it has the following camera makeup:

• 50mp front camera and 5mp selfie camera

• Pictures were edited on snapseed.

Thanks for reading

Cc,
@Madilyn02