Food challenge contest week #111 || for kids and parents || preparation of atama soup by @hayleydemi

Greetings to everyone in this wonderful community

Have you ever tasted a food so delicious that you wanted more after eating that food, I think that we all have eaten that food and today I will be sharing with you guys the food I ate and I still asked for more and more because of its sweetness. My mom is a specialist in cooking this dish called atama soup, it is commonly cooked by the people akwa ibom state and my mom taught me the same way they cooked it because she comes from the place. Atama leaf is aromatic, even floral and it taste delicious in soup, there are different ways and technique in cooking atama soup, in this post I prepared my atama soup using the atama leaf and water leaf.


Atama is prevalent and mostly found in Akwa ibom and cross river state. It can be bought either fresh or dry both can still be used to cook the soup but most people prefer the fresh one because of the flavour its gives the soup. My first encounter with atama soup was when I was in akwa ibom state when i and my family went to visit our grand mother. I was astonished when I saw this soup as it seemed different from other soup I have ever come across and when they told me the name of the soup I was eager to taste it. When I had the chance to taste this delicacy I was amazed by its taste, not only that but the soup was filled with meat and fish joined by periwinkle and I couldn't just stop asking for more.

HOW TO PREPARE ATAMA SOUP

I will be sharing with you guys the way my mother taught me how to cook this soup in their own way using water leaf. These are some of the ingredient I used in preparing the food


• atama
• Water leaf
• Stock fish
• Meat
• Pepper.
• crayfish
• Maggi
• Salt
• Palm oil
• Periwinkle


Now let's go over to the steps in preparing this wonderful meal.

Step 1

Step one entails you to wash and steam your meat till it is tender. Then wash your stock fish and add into the steam meat and allow to boil for some minutes.

Step 2

Wash your water leaf and atama and Slice them very thinly and keep aside

Your water leaf

Your atama leaf

Step 3

Add your palm oil into the steaming meat and stock fish and allow to boil

Step 4

Add your seasoning cubes, pepper, crayfish, maggi and onions and any other spices.

Step 5

After putting your spices and seasoning cubes you then add your sliced water leaf first and allow to boil

Your sliced water leaf

Step 6

When it start to boil very well, add your periwinkle

Step 7

Then lastly add your atama and allow to boil very well and stir for some minutes.

Your sliced atama leaf


After adding the atama allow to boil for approximately 2 minutes and bring down from the fire.

I would love to invite @woka-happiness @mhzita @divinlife and @mesola to take part in this contest

Cc @steemkidss