The Diary Game Season 3 [21st Feb 2023]

Hello guys, welcome to my diary session for today,I had a great day today because I cooked one of my favorite meal Ekwang, I m going to share my recipe with you guys today,

I woke up early in the morning at 5:30am since I had to go to the market early to get ingredients for my ekwang,I cleaned my house, took my bath and headed out to the market at about 7:30 am.

MY EKWANG PREPARATION
Introduction
Ekwang is grated cocoyams tied in cocoyam leaves and cooked with palm oil and other aromatic ingredients. Making Ekwang is a process which involves gratting and wrapping. This meal took me about 2 hours to prepare and cook.
Ekwang is the native dish of the oroko, bakweri and bafaw people of the southwest region of Cameroon

Ingredients:
Cocoyams
Cocoyam leaves
Palm oil
Crayfish
Smoked fish
Contri onions(for additional flavor)
Maggi
Pepper
Salt
NB: some people add garlic,ginger or even tomotoes to their ekwang,but I don't put those since I like my ekwang to have that ethnic aroma
The cocoyam I used for my ekwang is called the macabo cocoyam.
This meal cost me about 4000fcfa to cook that is equivalent to ~26 STEEM

INGREDIENTS I USED

Procedure:
*I grate my cocoyam into a paste using a hand grater,you can also cut the cocoyam into tiny pieces and use a blender if you don't have a grater.

*I cut the cocoyam leaves into smaller pieces and wrapped the grated cocoyam, i put some palm oil at the under of my pot before putting my wrap cocoyam,this palm oil is put to avoid the ekwang from sticking to the pot during cooking.

*When I m done tying my ekwang, I put all my ingredients and add some water,I add the water in bits so that the wrapped cocoyam should not scatter

*I let it cook for about 45minutes,I avoid stirring so I don't unrap the little wraps, instead I hold the pot on both angles and shake so that all the ingredients will mix well.

I taste to ensure all the ingredients are ok, voila my ekwang is ready

When my ekwang was ready,I served it and enjoyed my meal. I invited some friends to my house to come and eat with me.

So yummy,so delicious

After I finished eating my ekwang and entertaining my visitors around 7pm,I took my bath layed on my bed and started writing about my day