Food challenge contest week #140 || For kids and parents| Teach The Kids/Kids Food Challenge|cocoyam, African rosewood leafs and achara soup.

Cocoyam with African rosewood leafs and achara, which is normally called in IGBO Language ofe ede, oha na achara. Is a popular igbo soup that is very enjoyable which some of the African countries and States in Nigeria even eat as well and also enjoy eating it.

But due to the stress and too much work in preparing the ingredients for the soup, on like pounding the cocoyam and pilling the elephant grass which is achara made most people to stop cooking it at there various houses.

But it has a numerous health benefits on like the Oha leaf which is a popular vegetable native to the Igbos in Nigeria. The plant is medicinal and grows into a huge tree that retains its green leaves throughout the year and the achara has a great nutritional value mean while this soup is a mixture of nutritional vegetables, and this nutritious food is a rich source of amino acids, phosphorous, dietary fibre, magnesium, iron, potassium, copper, selenium, vitamin B1, nicotinic acid, calcium, zinc, sodium, riboflavin, carotene and essential minerals and so on.

This are the list of ingredients I made use of to prepare this delicious recipe Incase you wish to try it at home, so let's go.

• cocoyam (ede)
• African rosewood leafs (oha)
• achara
• palm oil
• protein
• fresh pepper, Maggi & salt
• uziza leaf & ogiri
• And any other special ingredients of your choice

So this are the simple ingredients I made use of to achieve this great delicious soup.

Please if you want to achieve and get how I came to prepare this food try as much as you can to follow the steps carefully.

STEP 1

I washed my cocoyam first before cooking it. So after cooking it with a cup of water, I now pill the cover then pound it heavily with all my strength until it becomes to soft well ground.

STEP 2

The second procedure I took before I started cooking was to calm down and arrange my vegetables, like cutting the oha and uziza leafs and pilling my achara very well before I started.

STEP 3

After arranging my vegetables, I now add some cup of water inside my cooking pot and now set it on the fire (gas cooker) waiting for it to boil.

At the point of waiting for the water to boil, suddenly my gas finished at a spot, and it was already night. I now transfer to the firewood, it was at that place that I finished the remaining part, so let's continue.

STEP 4

When the water boiled, I now added my palm oil and my protein and waited for some mins before I now gently used my spoon to be adding the pounded cocoyam inside the pot.

STEP 5

When it has boiled and speculate very well, I now open my ogiri and added it together with my uziza so that the soup will have a good and sweet aroma, so I now put all the remaining ingredients one by one like pepper, pound crayfish, Maggi, salt and so on.

STEP 6

This is the final step, so when I observed that it has boiled very well to the extent I won't, I now put my vegetables like the achara and now the Uha leafs, I waited for some mins for it settle down before I now turn it and off the fire.
NOW FOOD IS READY!! Fufu and cocoyam With oha & achara soup

CONCLUSION

WOW, before the food was done, I have already get my fufu ready for the delicious culture soup, I didn't need any helper to assist to finish the food, I removed my shirt washed my hands and balance on my chair and dismounted the food.

Sorry for not inviting to eat with me, there is still time so don't worry, I am inviting you all now to participate in this amazing contest lol 🤣🤣😆🤣, but permit me to mention this wonderful chefs I Know, so that the can share with us a delicious recipe from them @bossj23, @goodybest & @josepha

Thanks for going through my post I really appreciate ✍️😎

REGARDS ❣️

@steemkidsss