CONTEST ENTRY#5: TELL US WHAT HEALTHY FOOD AND DRINKS YOU LIKE AND RECIPES. VEGETABLE RICE IS MY BEST MEAL BY @emyekanem

Greetings great admins, (@imamalkimas & @mudajuli) and moderators, (@goodybest, @lidiasteem & @ahyar92)of this great community. I'm really glad to participate in this contest. It's the kind of contest I enjoy because I love cooking a lot. I also, specially commend @ahyar92 for initiating a contest as this. You all deserve an accolade.

Permit me to make a short intro. about myself. My name is Emediong Ekanem and my username is @emyekanem. I am a student of English and Literary Studies in the University of Uyo. I love cooking, cycling and swimming. I love vegetable salad🥗 like mad. I can take it anytime and any day. I also love eating vegetable rice🍚, coconut🥥 rice🍚 and rice🍚 with tomato🍅 sauce(stew).

I'd love to share with us the healthy food I love eating which is vegetable rice.

I love this type of rice a lot, especially when I prepare it myself because I'll be able to control the cooking so I get the result I want. I don't like my rice being too soft.
Below are the Ingredients to Use:

• Rice

• Eggs

• Vegetable (pumpkin leaves)

• Onions

• Grinded pepper
• Grinded crayfish
• Seasoning cubes

• Palmoil
• Salt

The food is very easy to prepare and it has special nutritional values though it contains the six classes of food. Let me just go straight to the steps in preparing it. First of all, we have to prepare all the necessary Ingredients and make them handy. Preparing in the sense that the onions has been sliced, the crayfish and pepper has been grinded, the seasoning cubes has been peeled,etc.

STEPS ON HOW TO PREPARE VEGETABLE RICE

• Parboil the rice and place it on a sieve

• Put an amount of water in the pot, that will be enough to cook the food and place it over heat.

• Put in your seasoning cubes, salt and grinded pepper to taste.

• Add the parboiled rice in the water and stir carefully before covering the pot to boil.

• *After cooking for like 7-10 minutes in which the water will begin to dry up gradually before adding your onions, crayfish and palmoil then cover to cook.

• Wash and slice the pumpkin leaves

• Add it to the rice (when the rice is two minutes or less to dry up) and cover for two minutes or three so the vegetable will still be fresh.

• Take it off the fire🔥 and boil the egg for 7-10 minutes before taking it down.

• Put them in cold water so you'll be able to take the shells off easily.

• Dish out your meal and eat responsibly.😅😅

Health Benefits of Pumpkin Leaves

• The pumpkin leaves are a source of blood supplement.

• It is nutritious and rich in vitamin A. The presence of this vitamin and Lutein protects the eyesight

• It is low in calories as it contains 94% of water.

• It reduces the risk of chronic diseases.

• It is loaded with nutrients that can boost the immune system.

• The presence of antioxidants may lower the risk of cancer.

*The presence of vit.c, potassium and fiber may improve heart health.
Pumpkin leaves has no known side effects but it should be eaten responsibly.

Health Benefits of Rice
Rice has so many benefits but I'll love to mention few.

• Rice improves the health of the nervous system.

• It is a good source of energy.

• It prevents constipation.

• It also reduces the risk of cancer.

• It can be used for skin care.

• It prevents obesity.

• It controls the blood sugar level.

I hope I've been able to do justice to the recipes of the above healthy meal.
Thank you for reading my entry.
I invite my friends@utyalves, @ukpono and @paulyoung to come participate in this contest.

Special mention:
@goodybest
@ahyar92