The Accelerator Contest week 7: Showcase your country's food

Hello friends, how are you doing guys. Accelerating my country food, waooo what an interesting contest we got here. Any thing food I am always involve that's why when I saw this topic I said to myself that I must participate. So back to the contest topic, please follow me up to the last. I'm inviting my friends to join me @okere-blessing, @goodybest and @m-fdo

I am a lover of good food, I eat healthy, I rather eat good food once a day than eating anything eatable. I eat good to look healthy because after a day stressed without eating good food is harmful to your body because you can never look healthy. So eating good food will make me look strong and I will feel better both physically and mentally.

Well I can say I am a good food eater because i really like eating and enjoying myself. But that doesn't mean I put anything I see into my mouth. I really love quality food. I don't eat at any eateries that I see, I am very careful with what goes into my stomach.

From the picture above you can see me eating my chicken pepper soup with white rice then I download it with holandia yoghurt. That's to show you how I pampered myself. Eating good food doesn't mean that you should have money before you eat good food. So since I want to live healthy I make sure that I eat good food

I’m originally from Nigeria, am so blessed to be a citizen of these great country Nigeria. I can't imagine myself been born somewhere else.
Nigeria is known to be a blessed country with great resources, natural and human resources.
There few things which you should know about my country, Nigeria.

Nigeria is known for her humanitarianism, always coming to the rescue of any country in need without wasting of time.
Nigeria is the most populated AFRICAN COUNTRY which have about 190.9 million people living in. Nigeria is bless with mineral resources. Each state in Nigeria has a about 3 mineral resources and all in large quantity.

Nigeria fought for her Independence 59 years ago and also supported others to gain theirs.
We have about 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria with about 520 languages. We English and pidgin. Nigeria is known for everything good, bad and the ugly.

Nigeria is bless with good food which I will like to mention.

• Fufu
  Fufu is one of the most commonly food eaten by Nigerian. It is a staple food which we use cassava to make it.

Fufu is usually white in color and is loved by everyone expercially the southern side. You can eat it with any soup you wish.

• Eba
  we have Eba but some people call it garri, is one of the most popular Nigerian swallow food, it is also made with cassava.

• Jollof Rice
  Jollof rice is of the popular food that is use in so many occasions, inshort there's no party in Nigeria that doesn't cook jollof rice.

• Egusi soup

Egusi soup is use with swallow, some people call it melon soup.

• Amala and Ewedu Soup

• Pounded yam and white soup, this meal is made with yam.

• We have white rice and pepper soup, some people use goat meat or fish or chicken to make their pepper soup. But someone like me I love using chicken to make my pepper soup.

• Afang soup
  Afang soup is also my native soup, is also green in color. We cook it with water leaves and enough red oil.

You can eat it with any swallow.

• Ofada Stew

• Ogbono Soup

• Banga Soup

• Edikang Ikong Soup, this soup is made with punkin leaves, this soup is one of my native soup, is a vegetable soup which is pure green in color after cooking.

• Akara, akara is made with beans then fried with groundnut oil which you can eat it as breakfast then you can use pap or tea to eat it with.

• Fried rice with chicken is also one of the best Nigeria food. It is mostly use in an occasion and at Christmas in some homes. After cooking you can add a little salad to make it go well.

Yes I know how to prepare some of my country main food, just like jollof rice which I will love to give some recipes in cooking it.
Before you cook jollof rice there are some ingredients that you must.

ingredients used in	cooking jollof rice
Rice
Tomato, both fresh and tin
Tatashi
Onions
Groundnut oil of your choice
Pepper
Seasoning cubes
Native jollof rice spice
Green pea and Carrot

What you need to start with is to parboiled your rice so that you don’t end up with mushy rice at the end.
After parboiling your Rice keep it aside, then steam your fresh tomatoes and tin tomatoes together, When you are cooking the tomato stew, you will know when it is done because you will notice the oil rising to the top. It will be deep red in color and the bitter taste of the tomatoes has been cooked out.
Reserve quarter of the tomato mixture and add it at the end to help prevent the rice from burning. Also, it will gives the rice that beautiful red color that we all love. When the water has dry off you can add your carrots and green beans and bring down your pot of rice

My Nigeria favorite food is nothing but jollof rice. The thing is that no matter where you're from, weather you are from the north, south west, south east or riverine, Jollof rice is just everywhere. Jollof rice is often at the top of the menu at every occasion you attend because it is easy to prepare, accepted by all and could be easily varied to suit the economic power of the host.

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