Special contest for steem Africa #2. Promote your favourite traditional desserts by @madilyn02.

Hello dear steemfood lovers, greetings to you all. I am so glad to be part of this great community and to participate in the contest. My appreciation goes to @steemfoods for organising this contest and to our country representative @ngoenyi for sponsoring it.

There are so many traditional deserts in Africa in which we enjoy so much. For today's contest I am going to be focusing on the one we call 'Bole'.

All about the 'Bole' or 'Boli'

Boil is a popular desert in my country Nigeria. It is especially native to the 'Yoruba' people of Nigeria. The boli is a roasted plantain which can be eaten with fried groundnut or roasted fish.
It is mostly served when having a ceremony or other occasions.
Nigerians enjoy this desert for:

• it's taste. The 'bole' is known for its delicious taste. Some people in cannot stay for a day without eating this desert because of the taste. It's not too sugary or mushy,just the right way to enjoy it.

• It's Heath benefits. Roasting reduces fat in a food therefore, it is good for weight conscious people.

Roasting conserves some nutrients in the plantain which are vital to the body for functioning. It also maintains the flavour.

Plantain contains essential minerals which can help keep the body healthy and keep the bone strong. Plantain is also a good source of starch and energy.

Combining the plantain with fish and pepper sauce means more vitamins, high proteins, minerals.

I also personally enjoy this dessert because of its delicious taste. It's really a delicacy to behold. Apart from its taste I also enjoy it because of its health benefits. I especially love eating it with others, that way it brings me more joy

I am going to provide a recipe for a homemade 'boli' with fish. Let's begin.

The ingredients

Ingredients	amount
Plantain	5 pieces
Fish	medium sized
Onions	2 medium sized
Pepper	15 pieces
Salt	to taste
Utazi leaf	to taste
Red oil	3 cooking spoons

Preparation

• Wash the fish (cut open and remove the non edible parts.

Apply salt, pounded pepper and onions on the fish as seen in the picture below

• peel the plantain and apply salt on it.

Wrap the fish and plantain in foil as seen below

Put them in the pan and allow to roast. Make sure it's well covered. It will take a period 30 minutes. You also need to be checking it constantly and turn the other sides of the plantain and fish to be sure they are affected by the heat.

The picture below shows how it will look when it is done

You just need to unwrap it.

making of the sauce

• Pound pepper, onions and put in a plate.
• cut the utazi leaf and also pound and add to the the previous mixture.

Add salt to taste and then add the oil and stir.

Heat on fire for 30 seconds.
This is how it will look when it is done:

The food is ready!

People usually enjoy this with some cool soft drinks.

The 'Boli' are also Sold in local restaurants.
It cost 3.5 steem to get it in a local restaurant (a piece of plantain and a slice of fish). It also depends on how much you want to eat.

For the homemade bole it costs 2steem for the medium sized fish

2.5steem for 5pieces of plantain.

Conclusion

I am so much delighted to share this little recipe with my friends. Thank you all for lending me your time, I hope you enjoy the dessert some day with your family. Thanks to @steemfoods for a contest like this. This will really help us to get to know each others favourites and as a result make friends. THANK YOU

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