Happy New year BitcoinTalkers and my Great Local Board🥳🧧
My Entry {Yam, Plantain and chicken pepper soup}I had to hit the kitchen to make this dish for my homies in the village and if for nothing, this contest also helped me strengthen the bond and spread love for the new year.
INGREDIENTS I don’t enjoy more of spicy dishes so I went with the basic
- yam
-plantain
-chicken
-Palm oil
-fresh red pepper
-dry pepper
-scent leaves
-onion
-Maggi
-lazor chicken spice
-crayfish
-Ginger
-Garlic
ITEMS IN PICTUREN/B:. Please it’s worth knowing that, the meal was prepared in the evening because I had to wait for the people i called to turn up because the food was prepared for the boys, hence we needed to be all present to have the fun (I'm sure my Naija people know this cruise☺️😂)
PREPARATION PROCESSFirstly I had to get all the necessary items needed for the cooking ready and cleaned which included both the mortar and pestle for pounding of the pepper, ginger and garlic
The mortar was left to dry and as this was going on, I also had to boil water to use for removing feathers from the chicken
While the water was left to boil to ease removal of the chicken feather, the yam and plantain was peeled and washed and also soaked with salt so it can be easily soft.
After that, I had to pound the pepper, crayfish, ginger and garlic all together in the dried mortar with the pestle to get a fine sauce to enhance the food
The water was finally ready and the chicken feathers were all removed (my chicken was then neaked😂)
I guess my chicken was shy of the nakedness and had to cross her legs 😂😂 ready to be slaughtered and boom, I finally slaughtered the chicken and washed it thoroughly because I like my chicken properly washed
After washing the chicken properly, I transferred it to the put and added some sliced onions to it after which I added pounded pepper, crayfish, ginger and garlic sauce to it as well as some cubes of Maggi and salt to taste and also added the lazor spice and mixed them all together with the chicken to enhance the taste before per boiling it
As a typical Nigerian breed, I had to rinse my mortar and pour the water to the chicken because we believe that major ingredient is the one rinsed from the mortar 😂 and I no fail.
I couldn’t take picture of the per-boiling because of the steam smoke from the pot.
I also couldn’t write my name on a paper because these above mentioned processes needed me touch water, and it might get the paper soaked.
After parboiling the chicken, I had to transfer the washed yam and plantain to a bigger pot and also transferred the parboiled chicken to the bigger pot and cook them together properly
I also added some more sliced onions again to the food to enhance it and then i added the dry pepper, salt and salt and also added more water and allowed it to cook for about 30mins.
While the food was on fire, I took some time to wash the scent leave and also take out the dried scent leaves because I wanted it fresh and green
Meanwhile, I couldn’t sit idle while waiting for the food, we had some talks going on while waiting for the food to be cooked and also had to pound another small fresh pepper in the mortar so we can transfer the cooked yam when done.
This is what the food looks like after adding the scent leaves to it and trust me, the food was amazing.
:. Funny enough, it was already late when the food got ready and these guys didn’t even give me the space to give the food a perfect final presentation since it was already very late and it was on the 31st night and they needed to go back to their homes to crossover with their families.
Happy New Family.