afang soup

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                                    AFANG SOUP

The Nigerian Afang Soup, like the Edikang Ikong soup , is native to the Efiks, people of Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria but enjoyed by all Nigerians. It is also very nutritious as the soup consists mainly of vegetables. Afang Soup is prepared with a generous quantity of Water leaves and the wild herbal Okazi leaves
The Nigerian Afang Soup should not be confused with the Okazi Soup native to the people of Imo and Abia States of Nigeria. While Afang soup is prepared with basically vegetables, Okazi Soup is simply the Nigerian Egusi Soup cooked with thinly sliced

Okazi leaves.
Ingredients for Afang Soup
sliced Okazi/Afang leaves | about 4 handful
Water leaves
red palm oil (about 1 drink glass)
Beef, Kanda and Dry fish
2 tablespoons ground crayfish
Pepper and salt (to taste)
2 stock cubes

Notes on the ingredients
1. Great alternative to water leaves is Lamb's Lettuce, known as Canonigos in Spanish.
2. Yes, you need much palm oil
Before you cook the Nigerian Afang Soup
1. Wash, drain and slice the water leaves into tiny pieces. Grind or pound the sliced Okazi leaves. In Nigerian markets, the sellers of these sliced Okazi leaves have a machine for grinding it. You can also grind it with your blender with a small quantity of water. Take a look at the ground Okazi leaves.
2. Grind your pepper and crayfish and cut the onions into tiny pieces.

Cooking Directions.
1. Boil the beef and Kanda with the diced onions and stock cubes in a very small quantity of water. When done, add the dry fish and cook for about 5 more minutes.
2. Now add the palm oil, crayfish and pepper. Once it starts boiling, add the afang (okazi) leaves, water leaves and periwinkle. When the okazi leaves have softened and the water has dried up a bit, add salt to taste and leave to simmer for about 5 minutes. The Afang soup is ready!
Serve with Garri (Eba) , Semolina Fufu , Amala, Cassava Fufu or Pounded Yam .

Hope you enjoy the meal.

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CHICKEN MUSHROOM SOUP

 Nigerian chicken mushroom soup

Nigerian chicken mushroom soup is not only delicious but an ideal soup for a cold day.

 It is so simple and easy to prepare.


The good thing about this type of soup is the fact that it could be eaten with all kinds of foods such as bread. It could be eaten on its own as 'a pick me up' meal or as an appetizer.


This is a type of soup that can be prepared by a busy business man or a bachelor or spinster in a hurry who doesn't want to eat junk foods such as pizza, noodles or takeaways from Fast food restaurants.

PREPARATIONS/INGREDIENTS OR RECIPE

1. chicken

2. mushroom local or imported

3. spring onions (cut into pieces )

4. fresh carrots( cut into small pieces or shredded)

5. veg oil

6. 1tsp of salt and pepper

7. water




Preparation and cooking

** takes less than 30 minutes.
** First cut the chicken breasts into several pieces or cubes and put them in the pot to boil for at least 15 minutes.
** Then put all the ingredients and stir continuously for a few minutes and then allow to boil together.

**Then continue to stir intermittently for another 10 minutes. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes and then remove from the stove.

**It is better eaten hot! You have to make the choice of what to eat it with.  
**its own for a simple healthy eating recipe.

You can get More Delicious and Healthy mushroom soup at

Just us Healthy Eating Nigerian Diets.com

bread fruit and garden egg sauce

Kitchen kona with khatalyst the food major


Bread fruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Bread fruit is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jack fruit family originating in the south pacific and that was eventually spread to the rest of oceania. It can be cooked ,roasted and fried.
Amount per (100 grams) calories (103).
So we shall be making bread fruit eaten with garden egg sauce.

Ingredient

Bread fruit.
Garden egg.
Pepper (rodo).
Onions.
Groundnut oil or palm oil.
Meat (grilled or diced).
Fish.
Maggi.
Salt.
Locust bean (optional).

Cooking of the bread fruit.

** cut the bread fruit into slices after washing. Then boil for some minutes till it softens.
** if frying, go through normal frying process in Yam, potatoes and the likes.

Making the garden egg sauce.

**What you need
6 garden eggs
1 small onion; chop
3 firm but really ripe tomatoes
Some palm oil
Cooked prawns (dried prawns or bonga fish can be used as an alternative)
Spring onions or chives for garnish


What to do
Remove the stalk, wash and place garden eggs in a small pot and boil in water for about 10 minutes under moderate heat.

Check the garden eggs to see if they are soft, then remove them and plunge into cold water.

This will help with the ease of peeling off the skin.

Peel and place the garden eggs on a plate, set aside.

Heat palm oil in a pan and add the chopped onion and tomatoes.

Stir well. Then add crushed bouillon cube.

Taste for salt and adjust according to your taste. If the sizzling onions and tomatoes appear to be drying out, add a couple of splashes of water and stir.

Allow this to cook until onions have softened then add cooked egg plants and mash into the onion/tomato sauce. Stir well and adjust taste with some salt if required.

Allow to simmer through under low heat for about 3-5 minutes.

Simultaneously, peel and wash the yam. Then boil in some salted water. Cook until yam is soft. Check softness by pricking yam with a fork.
When cooked, serve yam with the garden egg sauce. Best served hot.

I hope u enjoy
 
I remain my humble self
Adedokun khaleed
Khatalyst
The food major

the power of fruit

*EATING FRUIT*

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.

It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and *when* to eat the fruits.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

*IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!*

*FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH*

If you eat fruits on empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities. 

_FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD._

Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.

The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so due to the bread taken before the fruit.

In the meantime the whole meal of bread & fruit rots and ferments and turns to acid. 

The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an *empty stomach* *or before your meals !*

You have heard people complaining : 

Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc.. etc..

CAUSES:-

The fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat !

If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the *SECRET of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.*

When you need to drink fruit juice - *drink only fresh fruit juice,* NOT from the cans, packs or bottles.

Don't even drink juice that has been heated up by the sun.

Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. 

You only get its taste.

Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.

If you should drink the fresh fruit juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. 

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse or detoxify your body. 

Just eat fruits and drink fresh fruit juice throughout the 3 days.

And you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look !

*KIWI fruit:*

Tiny but mighty. 

This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

*APPLE:*

An apple a day keeps the doctor away? 

Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby _helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke._ 

*STRAWBERRY:*

Protective Fruit. 

Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging and free radicals. 

*ORANGE :*

Sweetest medicine. 

Taking 2-4 oranges a day may _help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer._

*WATERMELON:*

Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which _helps boost our immune system._

They are also *a key source of lycopene the cancer fighting oxidant.*

Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium. 

*GUAVA & PAPAYA:*

Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.

Guava is also rich in fiber, which _helps prevent constipation._

Papaya is rich in carotene; this is _good for your eyes._

*Drinking COLD water or drinks after a meal = CANCER*

Can you believe this ?

For those who like to drink cold water or cold drinks, this article is applicable to you. 

It is nice to have a cup of cold water or cold drinks after a meal.

*However, the cold water or drinks will solidify the oily stuff that you have just eaten.*

*It will slow down the digestion.*

*Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.*

*It will line the intestine.*

*Very soon, this will turn into FATS and lead to CANCER !*

_*It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.*_

Let's be careful and be aware.

MIRACLES OF SNAILS

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PROTEIN

“Snails do provide a low calorie source of protein (unless you drench them in butter)”.

Protein is essential for building and repairing muscle, and is also better at filling you up than carbohydrates and fat.

Many people look to seafood as an easy source of protein, but actually, snails have more Iron

Snails are also essential for building red blood cells and carrying energy around the body. Lack of Iron can lead to extreme fatigue and anemia.

Cassava (MANIHOT esculenta)

On this week’s edition of kitchen kona we will be exploring the world of CASSAVA. 

Cassava (MANIHOT esculenta)

Though it is often called YUCCA in Spanish and in the United States of America, it differs from Yucca (an un-related fruit bearing shrub in the family of ASPARAGACEAE)

Cassava is widely consumed in African countries and Nigeria happens to be the largest exporter of cassava in Africa.

Cassava can be produced into different foods like:

Cassava bread

 Tapioca

 Garri

Cassava flour

Fufu

 Ethanol.

To mention but a few…

 Cassava when dried and grounded into powdery (or pearly) extract is called TAPIOCA, its fermented, flaky variety is named GARRI.

Cassava must be prepared well for improper preparation of cassava can leave enough residual CYANIDE to cause acute CYANIDE intoxication.

 Cassava is one of the largest carbohydrate food and it contains vitamin A and iron.

This week is all about cassava. So I have decided to make something nice for everyone!!!!

It is a new delicacy in Nigeria, Ogun state to be precise and it is called "AJOGUN" CASSAVA MASH SNACK.

I hope you enjoy it when you make one yourself.

Ingredients

Cassava.

Pepper

Maggi

Salt

Onions

Palm oil or groundnut oil

Fish

Cray fish.

Processing of cassava:

Ø Peel the cassava and wash

Ø Grate the cassava or better still grind.

Ø Drain the water in the cassava so has to reduce its water content.

Ø After being properly drained… it is ready to be processed into food.

Ø The next thing to do is to sieve the drenched cassava so has to remove the shaft.

"AJOGUN" processing the snack

§ After the processing;

§ All you need do is pour your processed cassava into a big bowl and add Pepper, seasoning, salt, onions, fish, prawn all at once then mix thoroughly.

§ Add salt and seasoning to desired taste

§ Roll mixture into small balls.

§ Fry in hot vegetable oil

§ Serve hot, or cold…

READY TO EAT!

Bon a petit

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