Steemit Engagement Challenge S11-W5-"Favors and Traditions"

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Hello chef's

Week 5 begins with a very interesting theme not to miss..

Describe a traditional meal from your town

I am from Nigeria and in Nigeria there are many traditional meals as my country has 36 states each having meals perculiar to them.

Today I will be describing a very delicious traditional meal with an origin from the southern part of Nigeria but has become a meal for all.

Bole and roasted fish with tomatoes sauce

The meal am describing is called bole and roasted fish and tomatoes sauce as you can see from the picture above.

The meal Bole is basically roasted unripe plantain eating with tomatoes sauce and roasted fish. This meal is eaten by the southerners of Nigeria especially those from Rivers state. But now but almost every state in Nigeria knows about this meal, especially those from the east.

The aroma of this tomatoes sauce is so good and the taste is something else. You won't regret having a taste.

Bole, roasted fish and tomatoes sauce is a very nutritious meal but expensive meal because of the high rate of increase of food stuff in Nigeria. Plantain is so expensive now.

Nutritional Value of Bole, roasted fish and tomatoes sauce

• Contains the needed vitamins the right quantity like vitamins D, vitamins B and the rest

• Contains important minerals the body needs to work like calcium, magnesium, phosphate.

• Contains a quantity of carbohydrates

• The fish contains protein

• From the tomatoes sauce you can get vitamins and calcium needed for the body.

You can see that bole roasted fish and tomatoes sauce is a very healthy meal, has not fat at all and is easily digested into the body.

This meal is loved by all and can be eating as lunch or dinner but I prefer to eat as lunch.

What are the main ingredient

The ingredients for bole roasted fish and tomatoes sauce is not so much. That's why it's a very simple meal but very delicious and nutritious.

The main ingredient for bole and roasted fish and tomatoes sauce. Includes the following.

• Unripe Plantain
• Fresh fish
• Fresh tomatoes
• Fresh pepper
• Palm oil
• Onion
• Salt

Most times, these meal is sold as street food over here in my country. But you can decide to prepare it at home if you have an oven or we usually use cooking gas to locally roast it.

Do you Consider that local gastronomy is well represented in your town? Because?

Oh yes I consider that the gastronomy of bole and roasted fish and tomatoes sauce is well represented in my town.

The meal bole is a very popular in Nigeria. The meal has moved from been a meal for a certain tribe to becoming a very accepted meal all over the country. The igbos, and even Youruba tribes has adopted this meal.

my sumptuous bole, roasted fish and tomatoes sauce

I live in Lagos Nigeria and I see this meal been eating here. You can decide to buy the meal if you cant afford to cook it. Sold in some restaurants and on the street. Which ever you prefer, the meal can be made available to you.

I have also visited the east especially imo state in Nigeria and I also saw this meal been prepared by the citizens over their. I feel this meal has a way of uniting the country with it's sweet flavor, nutrition and aroma.

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