HOW TO PREPARE NUTRITIOUS NIGERIAN VEGETABLE/EDIKA-IKONG SOUP

#RECIPES
-Meat (washed)
-Stockfish(washed)
-Salt
-Kpomo/kanda (cut some into tiny pieces)
-Periwinkle (washed)
-Maggi seasoning cubes
-Water leaf (washed and sliced)
-Pumpkin leaf (Ugu leaf, washed and sliced)
-Iru (optional)
-Palm oil
-Pepper (either yellow or red pepper)
-Onion (washed and diced)
-Crayfish

METHOD OF PREPARATION

-Put your washed stock fish in a pot with little water and place under minimal heat, allow to heat for few minutes then add your washed meat, kpomo, periwinkle and allow to steam for few minutes.

-Add a seasoning cube, pepper and salt to taste, stir, cover the pot and allow to heat until d little water added is almost dried. Then put the pot down.

NOTE: This is done in order not to have excess  water in the soup because the vegetables already has enough water contained in it.

-Bring a clean pot, place on the fire, add your Palm oil, do not allow the oil to bleach so as not to loose the nutrient under heat.

-Add salt and stir, add your washed sliced water leaf and stir until the oil is well circulated.
-Now add your pumpkin (ugu ) leaf and stir until you have an even mixture.

-Pour the steamed mixture of meat, Stock-fish, kpomo, periwinkle etc into the vegetable mixture, add pepper, onion and stir together. Taste for salt and add more if required.

-Now your vegetable soup is ready for consumption.
-It can be eaten with Semovita, Fufu, Eba, Pounded Yam, Amala as the case may be.

#NUTRIENT #CONTENTS.
Vitamins
Calcium
Water
Carbohydrate
Protein
Iron

Vegetables aid proper bowel movement and quick digestion because of its fibre content.