Steemit Engagement Challenge S11W5 - “Flavors and Traditions”
Everyone has traditional food, in my country we have so many local food then my own town have their own food and their special recipe 😋 let me introduce you to our local soup Atama it is not liked by many people because of its taste of bitterness but I came to appreciate our own recipe of cooking the leaf. Come with me as I take you to my kitchen locally 😊
Atama soup is one of those soup that is mostly eaten in my place it is one of the local soup that is really expensive in local restaurant because it can't just be prepared without enough ingredients and good recipe to taste. The leaf van be eaten as soup or use as medicine in some places any ways it's health benefits is numerous. Talking about flavour ah! it has a special flavour that is so strong that after eating you might need to brush your mouth before going out 😉 if not everyone you talk to will know the soup you eat.
- Atama leaf
- Palm fruit
- Stock fish
- Periwinkle
- Meat
- Dry fish
- Crayfish
This are the main ingredients but in my own recipe I added waterleaf and melon
Cutting the leaf to smaller pieces so it will be easy to pound and sieve, so after cutting, pound it to more smaller pieces depending on your choice. Then add cold water and wash it then sieve the water out. This washing method helps the bitterness to be wash and sieve out from the leaf, you can repeat this for about 4 or more times depending on how you want it to taste.
Steam your meat and she'll periwinkle
Wash your periwinkle
Dry fish
Blended crayfish
All ingredients are in the pot ready to be cooked, add seasonings to taste the put the post on fire and cook for 15mims, turn it to be sure all ingredients is enough in its quantity to make the soup tasty, add the Atama leaf and cover the pot to cook for 3 mins open the pot, turn it and it's ready to be served.
Finally our food is done
Yes very well, because local food which are very good to our body are widely eaten in my town, this are the food that doesn't have any effect to our body when eaten. Many people do promote this local food at their various restaurant and it's recipes are very nice, it is prepared in a local way that most people like it and patronise them too.
At occasions, parties and some homes prepares this too, if you visit Nigeria you will enjoy our gastronomy,I will help you explore it.
Thank you so much for reading my post I appreciate, I will like to invite @ubongudofot and @inspiracion to take part in this contest.
Hola apreciada amiga.
Por lo que leido en varios post de usuarios de Nigeria es muy tradicional en tu país comer muchas proteínas como pescado, carne, cangrejo. Que son alimentos muy nutritivos.
Que rico!
Y la atama es una planta demasiado útil ya que la usan como medicina, en sopas y ese rico guiso que nos compartes como un plato muy tradicional.
Te envío un gran abrazo 🫂
Oh that's true o thank you so much for your good words
Thank you for being part of the community, we look forward to continue enjoying your delicacies and eventualities in your meals.
Greetings.