Contest || Week-12 || Prove yourself as the Best Ladies Chef on the Steemit Platform. By @rossnenye

Hello beautiful ladies! Happy new month to you all, I wish you all the best in this new month. It's another episode of our cooking contest and I'm going to showcase my cooking skills yet again. I'm so glad participating in this contest because it gives me the opportunity to learn how to cook varieties of dishes. In today's post, I will be showing you guys the steps I took in preparing Yam Porridge, one of the meals eaten by almost everybody in my Country Nigeria.

✅ What is the name of the dish that you have made this week? And why did you choose this dish?

The name of the dish I made this week is Yam Porridge. I choose to prepare this dish because I really love yam, infact yam is one of my favorite food and I haven't eaten it in a while because I didn't have it at home and I haven't had the chance to go to the market to purchase it. I decided to cook yam Porridge yam after purchasing yam few days back when I went to the market.

✅ What is the process of making it? (Share steps with ingredients)

I will start with listing the ingredients

• Yam
• Palm oil
• Salt to taste
• Seasoning cubes
• Crayfish
• Onions

Procedure for making the Dish

Peel the yam.

Wash and cut it into tiny cubes.

Put it in the pot, then add enough water to it, then cook it.

When the yam boils, add palmoil and grinded crayfish to it.

Red oil

Crayfish

Slice and add onions to it.

The onions

Adding it to the pot

Add seasoning cubes and salt to taste.

Cook for a while.

When the yam is tender enough and the porridge is thick taste for salt, stir then turn off the heat.

Your Yam porridge is ready

N.B If the yam is tender enough and the porridge is not thick use the cooking spoon and stir it continuously until the porridge thickens.

✅ How much did it cost you to make this dish in your country? (specify including steem price)

I will show that with the aid of a diagram.

Ingredients	Price in Naira	Steem Price
Yam	700	1.74
Palm oil	1000	2.53
Seasoning cubes	200	0.51
Salt	200	0.51
Crayfish	200	0.51
Onions	200	0.51

Why you need to eat Yam

• Yam is a rich source of Carbohydrate which gives energy and strength.

• Yam also contains dietary fiber which helps in bowel movement.

• Yam also contains anti-inflammatory agents which helps to reduce ailment like allergies.

Thanks for reading my post, I invite @echuku, @bela90 and @chomzy810 to participate in this contest.

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@shiftitamanna