"Contest Alert !!! || "My Favorite Food In Winter". By @rossnenye

Hello dear friends, welcome back to my blog. Hope you all had a wonderful night rest? I'm so glad participating in this contest organized by @abdullahw2

What is your favorite food to enjoy in winter, and why?

My favourite food that I enjoy during winter is jollof Spaghetti. I love eating this food because it's spicy and keeps the body warm from winter cold. I also love to make it because its quite easy to prepare, affordable and very delicious. This meal is also very nutritious and some of the health benefits includes.

• High carbohydrate content

It is very high in Carbohydrate, which gives energy to the body.

• Vitamins and minerals

The tomatoes and peppers use in cooking it is very Rich in Vitamin A and C

• Antioxidants features

The tomatoes use in cooking it contains Lycopene an Antioxidants that helps to shield the body from damage and inflammation.

• Iron content

It also contains a high amount of iron which is essential for the body immune functions.

Is there a specific recipe or ingredient that makes it unique for you?

Yes they're so many Ingredients that makes this meal unique.

I usually add enough spicy to my meat while parboiling it inorder to make the stock delicious.

Secondly, I add ingredients like Bay leaf, Ginger, Garlic, Nutmeg, Thyme while cooking my Jollof Spaghetti and it helps to bring out the delicious taste.

I also fry my tomatoes for a while before adding my Spaghetti and it helps to intensity the flavor.

Finally, I don't add too much water to my Jollof Spaghetti to prevent making it soggy and this leaves the rice very attractive.

How your favorite food is prepared? Provide us a short overview.

I will start by listing the ingredients for this delicious meal

• Spaghetti
• Groundnut oil
• Fresh tomatoes
• Salt
• Nutmeg
• Ginger
• Meat
• Garlic
• Seasoning cubes
• Fresh pepper
• Onions
• Crayfish

Procedure

• Wash add spice to you meat and then parboil for 15minutes

• Add the Spaghetti, then stir it.
  

• Wash and parboil the Spaghetti for about 6 minutes.

• Wash the Spaghetti again after parboiling it and put it in a sieve to drain water.

• Wash and blend your tomatoes and set it aside.

• Slice your onions and garlic.

• Blend your pepper, tumeric, ginger and set it aside.

• Add groundnut oil to the pot, add salt, curry powder, thyme and seasoning cubes to it.

• Heat it up then add the sliced onions and garlic, fry until it looks crystal.

• Add the Tomato and fry for awhile.

• Add the Ginger, pepper, crayfish tumeric and fry for awhile.

• Add enough water to cook the Spaghetti to the pot.

• Turn off the heat when the water dries up and then taste for salt.

If you were asked to share this food with some of your Steemian friends, who would it be and why?

If I'm asked to share this food with some of my Steem friends, I would definitely share it with @saintkelvin17 and @chilaw.

I'm so glad participating in this contest, I invite @chiagoziee, @blessedbee and @m-fdo to participate in this contest.