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Cooking is a wonderful process of making food. I love cooking food and my mom taught me how to cook delicious meals.

The meal I am about to show is a traditional meal in Nigeria, so let's delve right in.

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Okra Soup is a traditional food in Nigeria, it is a very popular meal eaten by all tribes in Nigeria. The method of preparation might differ for lots of people, depending on the recipe. Okra soup is known to be very nutritious, delicious and a soup that will make your taste buds want more.

The ingredients needed for this lovely soup are:

1. Sliced Okra
2. Meat/Cow skin (of any kind)
3. Fish, Stockfish, Grounded crayfish
4. Periwinkle
5. Salt, seasoning cubes, grounded pepper
6. Adusa leaf (scent leaf)
7. Palm oil
8. Onions

All the ingredients needed for the soup are presented below in pictures:

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    Preparation of Ingredients

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• Firstly the meat is washed thoroughly and steamed. Seasoning cubes, sliced onions, pepper, salt and water are added to the meat to taste, allow it to steam for 5 minutes. Make sure to add considerable amount of the ingredients above to avoid the food being salty or spicy.

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• In a fresh pot of considerable water, put in your stock fish (Make sure it has been washed thoroughly). The stock fish needs to be soft before putting your fish and the already seasoned meat. Stir the content of your pot to mix well.

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• Pour in your periwinkle after washing it thoroughly too, your measured palm oil, and then put seasoning cubes, and salt..be considerate when adding the last two.

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• Stir the content again and allow to steam for 5-10 minutes. Then pour in the already sliced okra
  into your pot. Allow again to steam for some minutes..stir the content and make sure that the food is to taste.

Also make sure the oil is adequate enough for the soup. Lastly put your sliced adusa (scent) leaf and then allow to steam for 2 minutes then bring down your pot of soup.

Your food is ready and can be served with fufu, wheat, semo, garri and even pounded yam. Okra soup is easy to prepare and delicious to eat.

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