Ogbono Soup with okro

There are various ways of cooking ogbono, i've a particular way of making mine, I love it mixed with okro and ugu because it gives it this thick and green look making it very appetising.
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INGREDIENT
A milk of ogbono
Ugu
Okro
Beef,chicken or kpomo
Smoked fish
Seasoning cubes
Pepper
salt
Meat stock
Palmoil

METHOD
1. Pour your already grounded ogbono into the pot for cooking, add enough quantity of palm oil and stir
 to dissolve the ogbono, on low heat, once that is
done,

2. Pour your Meat stock, beef or chicken,add your kpomo( kpomo is the skin hide of a cow or ram, every edible and gives your food some spice),pepper, grounded cray fish, already washed smoked fish, salt to taste and allow to cook

3. Wash the okro(for a milk cup of ogbono 50naira worth of okro is ok for it) grate it and keep aside also wash the ugu, soak in saline water for 5minutes and cut, then place aside

4. When the soup ingredient is properly mixed( i.e the ingredient don't appear seperate but mixed and combined, then you add the okro first stir properly, then add the ugu also stir and allow to simmer for 5minutes before bringing down

5. Serve with wheat meal, semovita or akpu( fufu) as shown in the picture below

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Beans and sauce

We individually have our different way of cooking beans, I love exploring foods as long as it come out tasty and delicious. I've had to work on various beans project, we have the ewa agonyi, porridge beans, beans and corn, veggie beans e.t.c here is one I made this weekend

Beans and sauce is a very delicious meal for the family, I'm really not a fan of beans but I try as much as possible to make beans delicious and appetising for me to eat it, here's my recipe, I'm more of the Nigerian way of measurement,so please do ask questions if you are lost

Ingredients

A derica cup of beans

Seasoning cubes

Salt

Curry leaves

Yam

Pepper (ata orodo)

Onion

Curry and thyme

Palm oil

METHOD

 1. Wash the beans and place in a pot of water to per boil for some minutes, after it boils, drain the water,wash the beans add salt and put on fire to cook

2.peel the yam, wash, put it in a clean pot with water enough for its cooking add some salt, then place on the cooker,once cooked bring it down and drain the water 

3. Wash and blend your pepper,onions in a food processor preferably manual, then put it in a small pot, add enough quantity of palm oil and place on fire and stir,while frying add your seasoning cube,salt,curry and thyme keep trying till it fried enough, then you bring it down

4. Wash the curry leaves and soak in saline water for 5minutes, drain the water, then pour it into the beans on fire already cooked, stir and bring the beans down

5. Now serve the beans in a plate, put the yam on top then place the sauce on it

Serving depends on how you want it, so you see its not so difficult try it and send me picture on facebook.com/kamchessenterprise

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Grand mama rice with beef Cutlets

Grand mama rice as I call it or granny rice whichever way you choose to call it is a native rice that has the looks of jollof rice but it's very different from Jollof rice. I discovered grand mama rice way back in the 90's when a neighbor of mine regularly makes it for her kids and when I asked her what kind of style of cooking it was, she'd say it's grandmama rice, it doesn't require much effort just mix the ingredients and voila, you have the delicious rice and so I decided to try it out and got stuck to it.
Let me give you my recipe on how to make grandmama rice

Ingredients
1derica cup of rice for 5 servings
Smoked fish 2 (I use sharwa or titus)
Pepper (ata orodo)
Onions
Iru
Palm oil or groundnut oil (any wworks)
Cray fish or prawn (optional)
Meat (any of your choice)

Method
1. Wash your pepper and onions together (enough to suit the amount of food you are making, I used 50naira worth for 1derica and sometimes more because I love my rice hot and spicy) blend with a food processor preferably the manual not the electirc

2. Wash your Iru (locust beans) I used 100naira worth, Iru gives the food the native tasten wash thoroughly and ensure no stone particle is remaining

3. Wash your rice and keep side

4. Wash your fish,prawns or crayfish and set aside

5. Set the pot on fire, pour a considerable amount of palm oil(what I used for this), pour your grounded pepper and onions stir, add the Iru, salt to taste and seasoning of your choice, stir, add your fish shredded, prawns or crayfish and stir, allow to fry for some minutes then pour water enough to make the rice, add your rice, stir and leave to cook

6. Once cooked, you can add curry leaves (optional) before bringing down the food from the cooker, mix properly and serve

7. It's advisable to eat it with a glass of fresh juice to cool down the hot spicy pepper lol

NB- the food don't necessarily have to be hot and spicy, you can make it less however way you want it
Happy cooking,send me your pictures we you try it out! facebook.com/kamchesseneterprise

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