SteemFoods X Steemit Engagement Challenge Contest 1️⃣ | Prepare Your Most Practical Recipe// Ogbono soup and Garri

Hello my fellow friends in the SteemFoods community, it’s with pleasure that I share with you this delicacy from Cameroon. I will first appreciate the great work done by the Admins of this community. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to share our practical recipes in your community.

That said, my most practical recipe I have decided to prepare is “Ogbono” soup with “garri”. This is because of the nutritional value of the Ogbono (grind bush mango seeds).

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Ogbono soup has been proven to be an anti-diabetes and contain an approximately 20 amino acids, with a lot of vitamins, iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium etc. It equally has low cholesterol and helps for weight loss. When eaten with garri, it helps in digestion. These account to why it is my favorite practical recipe.

The reason why I choose this recipe is because it is my husband’s favorite food. Though it takes a lot of time to prepare it if you do not have money to purchase ingredients, I choose it because I have most of the ingredients at home. Adding to the fact that my kids love eating it since it does not require chewing, they love swallow food.

Ingredients to prepare Ogbono soup with garri

Item Name/ local name	Quantity	Price (STEEM)
Grind bush mango seed (Ogbono)	1/2 cup	1 steem
Grind pumpkin seed (egussi)	3 cups	3 steem
Vegetable (okonghobong leaves	As desired	1.5 steem
Palm oil	1/2 cup	1 steem
Meat/canda	As desired	15 steem
Crayfish	1 cup	2 steem
Maggi	3cubes	0.5 steem
Salt	tablespoon	0.1 steem
Garri	5 cups	2.5 steem
Stock fish	As desired	10 steem
Water	As desired	-

To prepare the soup does not require much time if your ingredients are all ready in the house. If not it will take a longer period for one to prepare the meal. But as I earlier said, I have most of the ingredients already prepared at home, the reason why I decided to make this. To make garri is very simple if you have it at home. For me, I decided to make my garri myself and kept at home. Below are the steps to make Ogbono soup and garri.

Steps for Ogbono soup

1)-Grind egussi and grind Ogbono separately. This will take about 5minutes if using hand grind machine. But a blender takes less than 5minutes to grind egussi and Ogbono.

2)-Boil meat, canda and stock fish for 30 minutes, and use some of the water to mix the egussi until it becomes smooth.

3)-Add the mixed egussi to the boiled meat and allow it to boil for another 30minutes . Mixed the Ogbono with cold water in a pan and add as well, leave it to boil.

4)-Add palm oil, grind crayfish, vegetable, Maggi and salt to taste. Stir it for a while, then allow to boil for about 3 minutes. Soup is ready.

For the garri, I had prepared garri and kept at home , so I do not need to buy garri from the market. However, for the benefit of new learners, I will share the steps below.

Steps to Prepare Garri

1)-Harvest cassava from the farm and peel off.

2)-Wash the cassava and grind in a machine made purposely for garri or better still grate it on a grater. Mix inside a bucket with water and then tie in a bag to drain off the starchy water from the cassava. Make sure to always tie it until it is dry. This can take about 3 days.

3)-Untie it and used the local grater to scatter the lumps before the frying process. The time used depends on the amount of garri.

4)-Make your fire with firewood and preheat the frying pan. Pour the scattered garri in the frying pan and stir continuously till it isn’t sticky. This at times is complicated if the garri was not well dried off. Any mistake done here, the garri will have lumps.

5)-Spread it on a bag to air it and allow it to get cold.

6)-Boil water and pour in a pan, add garri and closed it, then allow it for about 2 minutes. Mixed it and garri is ready to serve with the Ogbono soup.

Conclusion

Looking at the steps looks time consuming but actually it does not if you buy your ingredients in the market. However, the recent hike in prices in our markets, made me to prepare my garri and kept at home. Notwithstanding, I thank SteemFoods for this challenge and I hope someone give it a try. I have mentioned the steps practically to prepare this recipe and it is good for diabetics and enables weight loss. For those who want to loss weight, give it a try.

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