Recipe of the Day, Week No. 47: (African Cuisines||Palm Oil Rice)

Hey friends. Today I'm participating in this contest and making a really simple dish..palm oil rice. It is also known as “iwuk Edesi” in my language
Palm Oil rice is also called concoction rice by some people. It is your go-to rice when you're tired of eating all other types…jollof rice, fried rice and the likes.
I love the simplicity in this food
It is rice cooked with palm oil, spices and sometimes green veggies, bue to the weather here, it's really dry and so I couldn't get fresh veggies for this meal, but I cooked it without the veggies and the taste was amazing!

Ingredients and preparation

Raw rice
Palm Oil (4 spoonfuls depending on the quantity of rice)
Onions
Pepper
Seasoning cubes
Crayfish
Few pieces of dried herring palamu optional
1 tsp Salt use according to preference
Scent leaves or basil leaves
2 tablespoon of locust bean (optional)
Spices
Fish or beef (optional)

First, I wash and parboil the rice,

Then I cut the onions, peppers, seasoning cubes, pound crayfish and unwrap all spices

I decided to use fish stock for this meal because the flavour is really good
So I pounded some fish and drained the water for use later.

I also used appetizing spices such as hot dried pepper, lasor seasoning, tomato seasoning and fish spices. These spices left my kitchen smelling sweet😊

Then, I fried the onions and peppers, half of the crayfish and kept the other half for use later. I added the tomato spice and the fish stock and boiled it for five minutes.

Then, I added the parboiled rice and salt to taste and left it to boil for about twenty minutes. Then I added the remainder of the crayfish and stirred it lightly.

Palm oil rice is ready to be eaten.

I love participating in the steemit iron chef's contest because it offers the opportunity to see the dishes prepared by others and sometimes I try their recipes in my free time. It also helps us to learn the cultures of one another and incorporate them in our dishes!