Food Challenge Week #157 || Nigerian local/palm oil Rice

Hello everyone. A warm greetings to you all and welcome to my blog today. I'm excited to show my food today. I must say, it's really a simple and economical dish. I warm regards to @steemkidss for this weekly contest.

This dish is called Local rice or palm oil rice. It is very easy to make and it's fast to prepare. Most people prepare it in different ways, I'll show my own steps.

Ingredients for Local rice/palm oil rice

The ingredients needed for this dish are;

• Rice

• Onions/pepper

• Crayfish

• Salt/Maggi

While others can garnish with any leaf and any protein of choice.

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Processes of preparation

• First, I put wash the rice and put inside the pot and add water for it to cook before parboiling.

• Then, I pound my crayfish and pepper and cut my onions. And that's all that's needed.

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Steps-by-steps Preparation of Local Rice

• In my empty pot, I pour in a small amount of palm oil and allow it heat for some seconds, then I go ahead to add my chopped onions.

• Then I add my crayfish and stir properly.

• And go ahead to add my Maggi cubes and stir it.

• Then next is salt and stir properly.

• Then I pour in my parboiled rice and stir it properly.

• Then I add water to the quantity I want that will cook the rice to done.

• Then when the meal is done, it looks delicious.

It can be served with cold drink. It can be eaten as breakfast or lunch or dinner. This dish is one of my favourite dish as it is my go to dish at anytime. Sometimes I garnish it with vegetables or dried fish or meat. And my family loves it too.

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Health benefits of Local rice

• It is rich in Antioxidants.
• It is a good Source of Energy: Palm oil is rich in calories, providing energy for the body.
• Local rice may Help Lower Cholesterol
• It supports Heart Health.

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I would like to invite @josepha, @zory23 and @okokon to join this contest.