Steemit Engagement Challenge S5/W4 - Special Food For Dinner Parties

Suggest special food that will suit special occasions like dinner parties.

What are the health benefits?

Why have you chosen this particular food for this occasion?

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.

Why does food add beauty to special occasions?

Hey 👋 steemians,

I really love this contest because of so many reasons most especially as a foodie, I love to talk or gist about my favorite meals😁. For a country like Nigeria where there are so many cultural food due to its large population, there's one food or delicacy that unite us together. That one food is eaten by every Nigeria, infact some West African countries also love it.

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Suggest special food that will suit special occasions like dinner parties.

This special food that if not presented in any gathering or party all guest would feel sad, this food is the favorite for both the rich, the poor, the fat, the slim, the short or tall. This food is known as the lovely Jollof Rice.

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This reminded me of a video I watched where a young and very rich man was fighting and shouting in the party, when he was asked why he was angry and furious he said why would the Jollof Rice finish before he get a share, some where telling him that he should calm down because he's bigger than the Jollof Rice. Can you guess his response? He said the a Nigerian can never be bigger than a party rice and I laughed out my sorrows that day 😁😁😆😆😂😂, but to be sincere it's really hard to ignore a party Jollof Rice. My fellow Nigerians can testify to that

Jollof Rice are very sweet and lovely especially when cook in parties, I don't know but those party Jollof Rice are really special and tantalizing, I remember the day I was mistakenly skipped during the meeting, sincerely that meeting hall got really hot because I caused a little bit of vawelence (violence) 🤣🙈.

Before I continue I would like to explain what a dinner party is, some might only think of going to a date with their boyfriend or girlfriend while others might think so traditional stuff but to me whenever I hear dinner party I see other things like a get together, or a graduation party among school mates or even a post wedding party.

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What are the health benefits?

Jollof Rice is not just eaten because of it's tastes but because of it high and rich nutrition facts, Jollof Rice rice contain so much nutrients that you are free to say a well prepared and garnished Jollof Rice contains the complete six classes of food.

🌹Rice itself is known to be enough carbohydrates, calories, fiber,and starch than so many foods in the market now. These nutritional facts has made Jollof Rice a great source of energy to the human body.

🌹Unlike most carbohydrates like garri, cassava and yam etc. Rice is a light weighted food that can digestive easily and faster, this fact has made Jollof Rice to qualify aming foods to be eaten as breakfast, lunch and dinner.

🌹Tomato which is on the other hand is a key ingredient in the preparing of Jollof Rice is a very nutritious with so much vitamins and minerals in each, this vitamin helps strength our white blood cells who are charged with responsibility of fighting infections.

🌹Tomato also gives the body so much antioxidant that help and free radicals in the human body.

🌹Jollof Rice also helps reduce and control blood pressure in the human body, also Jollof Rice contains less cholesterol, which makes them good fo all expected diabetic patients.

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Why have you chosen this particular food for this occasion?

As I have said before Jollof Rice is one delicacy that has brought a very large populated country together because everyone no mater your region loves and eat Jollof Rice, sometime last year Nigerians and Ghanaians were comparing who cook Jollof Rice better. You would see how every Nigeria supported each other on Twitter despite the ethnical and religious crisis in the country. With out them knowing the showed unity because of a plate of Jollof Rice. Although Nigeria Jollof Rice is the best ☺️😁🚶.

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As you have read Nigeria Jollof Rice has a lot of nutritious fat that would keep any one fit and healthy despite your despite it size, Nigeria Jollof is so helpful for both the healthy and the sick most especially those have heart problem and indigestion problem, this is the reason I really love Nigeria Jollof because it makes me stronger and healthier.

Thirdly as I have said before Jollof Rice brings Nigeria together, so if you have an occasion to invite different people from different ethnicity and religion, Jollof Rice would be the best to serve your guest be because it's a general meal.

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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.

Yea, almost every Nigeria has prepared Jollof Rice because it's easier, faster and cheaper to make. I prepare Jollof Rice almost every weekend or on Sundays most especially because I tag them day's of relaxing and flexing days.

👉 Rice:

Rice is the most essential ingredient when making Jollof rice because it what you eat, infact it's the only solid thing to eat expect others delicacy like meat, vegetables or corn.

👉 Tomatoes:

This is the second most important ingredients when cooking Jollof Rice because it gives the food the red coloring that's needed to make the food attractive, also it's to add more nutritious facts to the food.

👉 Groundnut oil:

Used for frying the meat, tomatoes onions and also use to make the food look a bit greasy in the eyes, the groundnut oil also add nutritious facts into the food.

👉Onions
👉 Pepper
👉Scent leave
👉Season cube

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Why does food add beauty to special occasions?

As an occasion goes on, all guest are expected to be busy with either talking, shouting, laughing, dancing or playing. Whenever on perform such busy activities in a long period of time the tends to get hunger and tired and to keep the occasion going the host is expected to satisfy their hungry needs.

Food like Jollof Rice has a very lovely aroma that would make any frowning person smile immediately, that's is to say food gives the venue of the occasion a tantalizing aroma.

Food also helps gives a lovely and natural color to an occasion, that's why not every food is cooked in any occasion. For example just imagine the beauty of going to an occasion where the color of the day is yellow or red and the only meal dished there is Jollof rice or imagine going to a dinner party where the color of the day is light green and only fried rice is prepared. Then you would see that food doesn't only taste good, the look good.

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Conclusion

Jollof Rice are wonderful meals that every one that gives it a first try would want to continue eating, Jollof Rice is so awesome that some says they are addicted to Jollof Rice. Infact the first food even a restaurant or hotels prepare for their guest is fried rice.

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