Ekpangkukwu Recipe

in Steemit Iron Chef11 days ago

Hello chef....

Ekpangkukwu is one of my local delicious recipe, full of nutritions that improve and give the body a good and balanced health. This recipe is one of the thing we African people are known for. Although it has a very time comsuming process, yet, we still love it because of the benefits.

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As we know our body needs a proper care and one of the way is to eat an healthy diet, today, I brought to you an healthy recipe I include in my meal this week.

Ingredients
🌺Water yam 🌺 cocoyam 🌺fish 🌺 periwinkle 🌺 seasoning cubes 🌺Salt 🌺 Onion 🌺 Pepper 🌺 Crayfish 💮 Aromatic herb(scent
leave) 🌺Cowskin 🌺sweet potato leaves

Now that our ingredients is ready, let begin the steps;

Step1

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With knife, I peel out the cocoyam and the water yam, Wash it very well to avoid been in contact with sand and I use local blender(okuok) to blend them and have a smooth fantastic mixture.

Step2

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Cowskin, fish, periwinkle were properly wash and season with cubes, Onion, pepper and salt. As this was going on, I plug out the sweet potato leaves from the stem, wash and keep aside.

Step3

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I set all the things ready to begin this steps. I have my tray of the blender cocoyam and water yam well sprinkle with a cube and a pitch of salt which will be mix, the wash sweet potato leaves and a pot with a little red oil in it. I will rub the oil around the pot in order not to easily get burnt.

Step4

The wrapping process begin. This will continue until the mixture finish.

Step5

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When I was done, I boil hot water, recycle the heads of the fish, ribs by pounding it to have this. I pour in the hot water, sneeze it a little and drain out the water. The water is what I will use in doing the cooking.

Step6

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The pot was place on the fire for 5 minutes and I added the water, leave it to cook for 30minute. Checking on the pot, it has cook very well. I use knife to make a cut all
round and add a little salt.

Step7

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Next thing is to add the seasoning stock. I pour in the stock, grinded crayfish, stir thoroughly, making sure every ingredients take their respective place. Then I added oil and allow to cook.

Step8

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This is the final stage. I wash the Aromatic herb, slice it and add in the meal with enough oil, stir and off the light. My local delicious Ekpangkukwu recipe is ready.

*Selfie with the recipe

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This recipe is referable at all time. Ekpangkukwu which is a nutritional meal, mostly used cocoyam and Water yam with other nutrients ingredients offers a great of carbohydrates, improve heart health, prevent anemia during gestation period, reduce cholesterol in the body and also help to lower blood sugar level.

Thank you 💕 and see you next time.