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Hello everyone, and mostly hello to everyone In the Steem4Nigeria community, here we are once again in the last week of the engagement challenge, and it's with honor I'm able to join the ongoing contest in the community.

Today's contest is all about special delicacies, we all are inquire to talk about Special food for dinner parties.

This is nice and interesting as this get us to learn more about some special delicacies, I welcome you to my entry, Happy Reading!

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Suggest special food that will suit special occasions like dinner parties

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When we are speaking about special food for dinner parties, there's no way we could count Amala and Egusi out of the list, this is not just some make-up meals, this is cultural and historical, and especially in the Yoruba culture.

People have always tends to know that they haven't had a special dinner yet if Amala is not part of it, it is neccesary and mostly compulsory In all parties, if not Amala, then a swallow food at least. So ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Amala and Egusi Dinner Feast

We have two types of Amala, there is White Amala and also there is Black Amala, the food in the picture above is the Black Amala.

Black Amala is cultural especially in Special occasions, this meals are offered as a great form of respect, when you trying to grace an occasions and let the guest be aware of there importance's, you serve them Black Amala, it taste better and it's more expensive as well, and at the same time, the soup you follow it up with should be important, there are varieties such as Ewedu, Vegetable or Egusi.

The Meal I have found good enough for special occasions is Amala with Egusi soup, this is no ordinary meal, it brags respect when served to visitors, and it's everyone favourite meal as well , and this meal isn't only special to the Yoruba culture alone, there are also other tribes that enjoys the meal.

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What are the health benefits?

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This consist of lots of benefits, it's a proper balance diet meal , it's the kind of food you eat, and you want to fall asleep immediately.

Amala consists of Cassava Flour and Plantain

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Egusi soup consists of Melon, Vegetable, Meat, Pepper and Onions.

This is literally the whole balance diet in a single meal, the food is very rich in proteins and as well Vegetable oil.

Amala is also one of the prescription given to people who are losing weight, because by eating this, they get to catch up quick , and as well be Fit, so it's safe to say Amala is good for stamina and calcium as well.

A research says the egusi Soup is 35% proteinous, and as it seed is equally rich in Vitamin A, and the Egusi soup is important for growth, and also production of blood in the body.

So we could see that this is a great meal that one could not afford to miss out in a party, and the ingredients are as well rich in nutrients.

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Why have you chosen this particular food for this occasion?

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When we talk about dinner food, we have always enquire to special food, in my culture, Anything that partake dinner is always a swallow meal.

Dinner is a food everybody enjoys, and hasten to sleep with it, the food is extremely rich in nutrition, and the best thing to do after it is to find a nice place to sleep it off.

I would rather have no other food for dinner parties than Amala and Egusi, they are rich in nutrient and also a perfect combination of food for entertainment, and also most people do prefer to have a dinner that consists of a swallow meal, which in this case, it's a win win everybody, and eating this will make you weak and tends to go to bed sooner.

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Have you prepared this food before? Name at least 5 major ingredients that are used to prepare this special food whether you have prepared it before or not

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Amala and Egusi is one of my soft spot when it comes to food preparation, its one if the food recipes that have got the ingredients right.

Amala ingredients are ;

• Cassava flour and Unripened plantain

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Egusi soup ingredients are ;

• Tomatoes and pepper
• Dry Melon
• Fried Meat
• Vegetable
• Palm oil

The preparation has always been easy for me, it's a straight forward recipe, and I have once made a post about it.

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The picture above was Capture from my gallery, which was the step by step recipe on how to cook the Egusi soup, as we could see that after boiling the meat, then you fry them, afterwards, set your pot on fire and pour the tomatoes in, and then, add the dry Melon, which after you pour the vegetable as well, then in 15 minutes, your Egusi soup is ready!!.

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Why does food add beauty to special occasions?

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Even from the look of the food, you can definitely know that this is not just a mere food on any occasions, the smoothness of the Amala have some inspiration towards your stomach.

Even without divulging the food yet, you would have already know that you will definitely have a good time eating it, Amala and Egusi is beauty on its own, everybody loves it, and there is no way you would want to miss it.

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Conclusion

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Here comes my conclusion on the topic special food for dinner parties, where I have mentioned Amala and Egusi soup to be my special food, this food is special because it consists of several nutrients and it's the type of food everyone in an occasion would like to get a taste of.

Amala and Egusi recipe is a straight forward recipe as well, if you would like to know how it feels like you can give it a go and try it out .I hereby invite @solexybaba, @josepha , and @Sahmie to participate in the contest as well.