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Hello fellow chefs, I believe you are all enjoying your delicious delicacies from your end.

I bring you greetings from my kitchen, located at Lagos State, Nigeria.

So today I am here to participate in this amazing contest which talks about preparing a home made food.

It's titled "Home Cooking Competition", if you missed the contest post, you can access it here.

In my participation, I am going to show you guys practical way of prepering catfish pepper soup and yam.

It's so yummy, delicious 😋 and nutritious at the same time, so follow me gradually.

Practical Way Of Preparing Catfish Pepper Soup And Yam

INGREDIENTS

1. Fresh Catfish

My Catfish

2. Yam

My Pilled/washed yam

3. Scent Leaf

My Scent Leaf

4. Pepper

My Fresh Pepper

5. Salt And Crawfish

My Salt And Crawfish

6. Pepper Soup Spice And Maggi

My Pepper Soup Spice And Maggi

7. Vegetable Oil

My Vegetable Oil

PROCEDURE

1. Cut Your Fish And Wash Thoroughly:

There are 3 major ways of washing the catfish.

• By boiling real hot water, put the fish in the water and scrape the body with knife.

• Add alom to a cold water, then put the fish and use the alom on the body of the fish.

• Use lime on the body of the fish while washing with cold water.

Both the hot water, alom and lime does same thing. They remove the slimming scales on the body of the fish. But I prefer hot water.

2. Clean Your Yam

Clean your Yam by pilling off the back, then wash with clean water and slice to pieces.

3. Boil Your Yam Till It Cooks

Put the yam in the pot, then add water and put it on fire to cook.

Allow the yam to cook till it's a bit soft.

4. Add The Washed Catfish To The Cooking Yam

Add the your thorough washed to the cooking yam, and allow to cook together.

5. Add Salt For Taste

Add your desired quantity of salt for taste.

6. Add Pepper And Crawfish

Wash your pepper thoroughly, then blend it together with your Crawfish. Then add to the cooking fish and yam.

You can actually use dried pepper if you like, but I prefer fresh pepper for mine.

7. Add Pepper Soup Spice And Maggi For Seasoning

Then add your desired quantity of pepper soup spice and Maggi for seasoning.

The catfish pepper soup doesn't require much spice, pepper soup spice is enough plus the Maggi for seasoning. Except for people that loves spicy meals.

For me I don't like my food too spicy. I love that natural taste.

8. Add The Vegetable Oil

Add your desired quantity of vegetable oil. It doesn't need much oil though.

This is because, if the catfish is matured enough, it also produces its own fish which is also healthy for the body. So a sizeable quantity of vegetable oil is enough based on the chef.

Then you allow all to cook for 3 minutes.

9. Add The Scent Leaf

Finally, add your scent Leaf to the meal.

But then wash the scent Leaf thoroughly with water and cut them to desired pieces before adding to the meal.

The scent Leaf gives the meal this sweet scent. It is also medicinal and nutritious at the same time.

Then allow to cook for like 5 munites and your catfish pepper soup and yam will be ready.

My Pot Of Catfish Pepper Soup And Yam

And finally my catfish pepper with yam is ready to be consumed as you can see from my pot above.

So delicious 😋, yummy and nutritious.

You really need to have a taste of this my meal.

And finally, I have my meal dished in a plate and I enjoyed my meal 😋.

My dished catfish pepper soup and yam

Dear friends and fellow chefs, this meal is really good for you.

And congratulations to you, if you followed me to this point, you can confidently prepare catfish pepper soup and yam right now.

Thank you @miyexi for this contest, I look forward to other chef's entries. I can't wait to see intercontinental dishes here.

I also invite @okere-blessing, @thomisin and @mesola to come participate in this contest.

Best regards