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Banga soup, which is also known as, Ofe akwu in Igbo tribe is a savoury Nigerian soup prepared with palm fruit concentrate; it is commonly served with boiled rice, but most people enjoy it with eba.
You can use canned palm nut cream concentrate to make this soup instead of extracting the juice from scratch and if you want a thicker version of banga soup you can use cassava starch to thicken this soup

Banga soup happens to be one those Sunday’s dishes in many homes here in Nigeria because it serves almost the same function as stew and sauce. If you are thinking of what to cook this beautiful Sunday morning, here is a great recipe for your breakfast or lunch; I assure you are going to love this. So check out the link below.

You can use canned palm nut cream concentrate to make this soup instead of extracting the juice from scratch and if you want a thicker version of banga soup, you can use cassava starch to thicken this soup. To enjoy banga stew/ soup, you can serve it with boiled rice or eba.


Also follow this link to read more about banga soup http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/112/banga-soup-how-to-cook-palm-nut-soup-ofe-akwu-.html

whitebeard:
Chai..! I shall dream a good dream tonite

Yea you deserve it bro.

Egusi soup is one those Nigerian soups made with egusi seeds, it is very easy and simple to make egusi soup unlike other Nigerian vegetable soups which involve long procedures. The two methods of preparing egusi include the frying method and the caking method. The caking method is what you are seeing above, also see here http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/20/how-to-make-egusi-soup-melon-soup-.html how to make the frying method.
To make this soup within an hour, all you need to do is to add a little water to ground egusi, then mould into medium balls, the balls will form lump in the soup. This process doesn’t take much time. Other thing you may need to do is to season and cook your meat and chop your vegetables and keep aside.

Ingredients for preparing egusi soup

1. 400g ground Egusi (Melon seeds)
2. ½ kg of goat meat cut into medium sizes
3. 1 medium size Shaki (cow tripe)
4. 1 medium size smoked or iced fish
5. 1 head stockfish
6. 3 cooking spoons palm oil
7. 2 tablespoons ground crayfish
8. 4 piece scotch bonnet peppers
9. A handful of any Vegetable: bitter leaf Ugwu (Nigerian pumpkin leaves), waterleaf or spinach
10. 3 seasoning cubes
11. 1 small ogiri okpei, optional
12. Salt (to taste)

Follow this link to see pictures and also read steps on how to prepare egusi:
http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/116/egusi-soup-how-to-cook-delicious-egusi-soup-caking-method-.html

bigtt76:
Nice one! Look the time you wake up de savor catfish pepper soup are you Ok?

Lol!

hisgrace090:
You tried, thanks.

Thanks bro

HausaOverlord:
Abeg na cow leg, wic one be foot, abi cow don get foot sef? The last time I checked na hoofs dey dia.

You can refer to it as cow leg, cow foot or hoof, you ain't wrong.

arterxerxes:
Na cow leg or cow tail or cow thigh, whatever you call it. You think say na suya be this? Hausaoverlord? Na Igbo food no be Hausa Food.
Just because there is COW inside does not make it Hausa food because Hausa like claiming what is not theirs.

Thanks bro

Beans are good sources of protein, they are nutritious and healthy food we need for constants supply of energy, body build up and metabolism.

Beans can be prepared in many ways such as porridge beans, fried beans, beans soup and beans cake among other ways. It is very simple to prepare beans and different vegetables can be added to cook beans and such vegetable include carrots, green beans, peas, tomatoes, parsley, celery, bell peppers, oregano, thyme, basil spring onions and kale. All these can be added to cook bean soup or beans porridge just the same ways you would have added these to cook jollof rice and vegetable rice. Also, instead of having to soak your dried beansfor hours before cooking them, you can decide to use canned beans for this recipe.
beans are best served with plantain chips, custard, rice or with soaked garri. you can still enjoy beans as main dish depending on how you wan it.
Fried beans is another best way to cook your beans, especially if you are so used to common ways you've known already, however, you can garnish your beans meal with few vegetables like tomatoes, carrots, onions,celery and some healhty spices like curry and thyme.

Ingredients for preparing fried bean with vegetables

1. 2 ½ cups of dried white beans for 5 servings
2. 3 tablespoons ground crayfish
3. 2 pieces of dried fish or mackerel
4. 4 scotch bonnet peppers, blended
5. 8 ripe fresh tomatoes, chopped
6. 3 pieces of carrots, diced
7. 1 cup green beans, chopped
8. I medium onion, chopped
9. 2 sticks of spring onions, chopped
10. 3 cloves of garlic, minced
11. 3 bullion or seasoning cubes, crushed
12. 1 cooking spoon vegetable or olive oil
13. salt to taste.

Watch the video below to learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwinmufJla0

Nigerian nkwobi is a popular Igbo traditional food mostly served as a side dish or desert and usually together with wine or soft drink. This delicious meal is usually prepared with cow foot andit is loved by many people. Nkwobi is mostly sold as evening food in few restaurants and in some local bars; hence, it is commonly enjoyed with beer or wine or eaten as a main meal. you can also make this at home if you want, but need this main ingredients for preparing this, these include cow foot or cow leg, ugba (ukpaka (oil bean), ehuru seeds (calabash nutmegs), edible potash (kauwu), utazi leaves.
Here are some Tips you need to know before preparing nkwobi-

• Cow foot comes with a thick bone, you can tell the butcher to help you remove the thick bone and scrape out excess hair and dirt from the meat, then cut into medium sizes before taking it home.
• Cow foot is tougher than the usual meat you are used to, a pressure cooker can help you cook the meat in no time, to save time and your gas, but you can use charcoal fire to prepare this if you don’t have a pressure cooker.
• Edible potash, which is also called Kaun/kanwu, is a very special ingredient in nkwobi sauce, it is what helps to curdle and change the colour of palm oil and it helps to thicken the palm oil for a perfect coating of the meat.
• Ehuru seed or calabash nutmeg is an important spice in nkwobi recipe; it adds some kind of earthen flavour to the dish. This should not be replaced with the normal nutmeg. The outer covering is tough and the easy way to peel them is by roasting them in a dry pan or in open flame for 3 minutes before cracking them with your teeth.
• You will also need some greenish vegetables like utazi leaf to garnish your nkwobi. Utazi leaf has a very bitter taste, but you need to used it sparingly, you just need a little of it to complement the taste of your meal. If you can’t tolerate its bitter taste, you can substitute it with Uziza leaf, but it’s not bad if you use it.
• Your Nkwobi is delicious with or without Ugba, Ugba which is known as oil beans, contributes to the awesome flavour of nkwobi dish.
• Onions is also needed for garnishing of cooked nkwobi; it is usually sliced into rings and eaten raw.
• If you add too much edible potash liquid to the sauce, it could prevent the bitter taste of the kwobi; use just a little portion of it to
complement the taste.

Read more on the procedure to make nkwobi here- http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/113/nkwobi-how-to-prepare-nkwobi-cow-foot-.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eqn2sEWYE

Healthy and Savoury banana porridge Recipe

See Method of preparation here: http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/53/how-to-prepare-ekpang-nkukwuo-mboro-unripe-banana-porridge-.html


Banana porridge is a delicious and savoury meal made with unripe bananas; it is usually grated into smooth consistency and cooked in meat broth or fish broth. This food is a native staple to southern Nigeria, (Akwa Ibom and Calabar), and It is called ekpang- nkukwo mboro in thier dialect.
Leafy vegetable is needed for the preparation of Banana porridge, the most recommended leaf for this is fresh basil (scent leaf) or Ashanti pepper leaf (uziza leaf). In this video, I decided to make use of two different leaves which were basil and spring onions, and the outcome of this porridge was really delicious and savoury.


Ingredients for preparing banana porridge
• 10-15 unripe(green) bananas (1 bunch)
• 1 cup of crab or prawns, as desired (optional)
• 1 medium size stockfish (optional
• 3 medium size dried fish
• 8-10 pieces of chicken or beef or goat meat
• 2 cups Shelled Periwinkles, well dressed
• ½ cup ground crayfish
• 2 cups of Palm oil
• A handful Basil leaf (scent leaves, spring onions, ugwu , or uziza)
• 5 Fresh pepper, blended
• 1 ball onion, chopped
• 4 seasoning cubes, crushed
• Local ingredients (okpei or dadawa )optional
• Salt to taste.

Banga soup, which is also known as, Ofe akwu in Igbo tribe is a savoury Nigerian soup prepared with palm fruit extract; it is commonly served with boiled rice, but most people enjoy it with eba.
Banga soup happens to be one those Sunday’s dishes in many homes here in Nigeria because it serves almost the same function as stew and sauces. If you are thinking of what to cook this beautiful Sunday morning, here is a great recipe for your breakfast or lunch; I assure you are going to love this. So check out the link below.


Here are some of the Ingredients for making banga stew

• 1kg fresh palm fruits or 1 canned palm fruits extract
• 500g goat meat
• 200g stockfish
• 1 big size dried or iced fish
• 1 piece of okpei (locally made locust beans)
• A handful of scent leaf, finely chopped
• 1 handful Ugwu leaf(optional)
• 1 bulb onion, chopped
• 4 pieces of scotch bonnet peppers, blended
• 3 tablespoonful ground crayfish
• 4 seasoning stock cubes, crushed
• Salt to taste
• Rice to serve with the stew

Follow this step by step guide on how to prepare ofe akwu=[url]ww.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/112/banga-soup-how-to-cook-palm-nut-soup-ofe-akwu-.html[/url]

Edikaikong soup as the name implies is a popular Nigerian vegetable based soup loved accepted by many people; it is usually prepared with assorted meat, fish, fresh vegetables and lots of condiments. Two important leaves used for preparing this soup include water leaf and fluted pumpkin (ugwu) and it is best served with fufu, semolin, eba or with any staple food. To achieve this fresh and green looking edikaikong soup, you will have to add the leaf as the last ingredient and you don't need to leave the soup on heat for so long, at most 2-3 minutes will do.

Some important ingredients for making edikaikong soup include-


½ kg pumpkin leaves (ugwu)
500g water leaves (talinum triangulare).
4 tablespoons ground crayfish.
2 cups palm oil
2 cups shelled periwinkles.
1 kg of goat meat / beef or assorted meat
1 stockfish head
1 piece cow hide.
8 pieces snails (optional) washed in lime or lemon water.
5 scotch bonnet peppers,
Traditional ingredients (okpei or ogidi)
1 medium size red onion.
Seasoning cubes (Knorr, Royco, soupy, or Maggi).
Salt to taste

Watch how to make edikaikong soup in this simple and quik video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJXPsUyiOW4

A city is a large human settlement usually with dense population and majority of its residents are occupied in non-rural and non-agricultural pursuits. A common way to distinguish a city from other human settlements is by its population size, its functions and symbolic status.
Cities where formerly categorized in five grops such as-
1. Third world cities
2. Cities in socialists countries
3. Older (former)industrial cities
4. Global or world cities-
5. New industrial cities

Read more on classification of cities Here-http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/3/posts/166/city-definition-types-classification-and-characteristics.html

Please I am not a female as seen from my profile. I am typing with my friend's phone. So don't even think it is a girl that loves you. I am a male who loves business and nothing more.

If you have intention of committing suicide, then you are not worth a business partner at all. I just saw it this morning and there is no picture attached.
I can give you all the money you required in a day but it is not loan. I need to be a partner in the business.
If I give the money for the TV, your rent, even a new printer, and others, I will take 45% of your company!

I will do that if the company is already registered with CAC. If it is not, then I can help you do it but then my stake in the company will be 50% and I have to come to abuja to inspect the place myself. I am currently in Jos.

And once again, never you mention suicide for me because I will not be moved by that but rather, it irritates me because in business challenges must come. Wisdom and persistence are all you need.

If you are interested let me know.

Have you ever seen ecology before? I guess yes, but you may not have known you have seen that severally. The cockroaches living in between your cupboard and those friendly bees pollinating beautiful flowers in your garden are few example of ecological community interaction very close to you.
We are living in a very beautiful environment filled with living things of different kinds; these living things interact with one another and with their non-living components in the same environments, which means that if any one of these is altered for any reason, it will create imbalance in the natural environment. Learn more about ecology, the major type and importance of knowing your environment by following the link below.

http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/3/posts/142/ecology-definition-levels-of-organisation-ecological-problems.html

Did you know that some man-made dams could be as large as some rivers, this dam is located in pankshin and pankshin is the oldest local government area in Plateau state. this dam has so many functions and it has been a source of water supply to plateau and its environs, read more about this water dam and learn new thing.

http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/3/posts/141/pankshin-dam.html

Do you have a dam in your area, have you ever imagined what a dam is used for? Dams did not just appear where they are, they were made for several reasons. Water dams are important constructions used for both domestic, social and economic purposes, check out this write up and learn more about dams and various types.

http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/3/posts/140/dams-definition-types-and-uses.html

Did you know that zobo can be used for fruit punch apart from the usual juice many people are already used to? Zobo fruit punch is a simple tasty drink made with fresh fruits, you can make your choice of fruits, but you have to choose few crunchy fruits that can float easily on the surface of your drink. example of fruits that float are- water melon, pawpaw, cucumber, apple strawberries and blueberrries. Watch how to perfectly combine these fruits for a delicious fruit punch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv8LPA8bF3I

Catfish pepper soup is a savoury fish broth prepared with herbs, it is simple and quick to make. However, you can serve catfish pepper soup with white rice or with boiled yam; if you are in love with catfish and you don't have an idea how to wash or dress it, you can learn how to do that in this video.
here are the ingredients for catfish pepper soup

1. 1 big sized catfish cut into 4 parts or more
2. 1 medium onion, chopped
3. 3 cloves garlic, minced
4. 2 seasoning cubes, Knorr cubes)
5. 3 calabash nutmeg (ehu seeds), blended
6. 3- 4 scotch bonnet pepper, blended
7. 4 pieces of uziza seeds (optional), blended
8. Small amount of uziza leaves/ spring onions/ scent leaves (nchawu), chopped
9. Salt to taste


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH6iQMptF-I

Oha soup is a Nigerian vegetable- based soup, usually made with thickener, you can either use cocoyam, ofor, achi or upkor to thicken your oha soup and it is best pared with fufu, semo or with eba. Learn how to make a tasty oha soup in this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfs4AviiCuA
It is super tasty!

Spaghetti is a simple staple food which can be made in different ways and one of the unique ways of making spaghetti is to stir fry it like fried rice using different vegetables. This food is just perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner and you can enjoy it with chilled drink.see how to prepare this dish in this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soDmDO_5qOU

Bitter leaf is a very healthy vegetable and can be prepared in different ways, one of the ways of making bitter leaf soup is to combine it with water leaf, however, few ingredients can be used to prepare bitter leaf soup, such include bitter leaf, assorted meat, ganda, crayfish, maggi, water leaf, smoked fish, pepper, palm oil, ogiri, dawadawa, periwinkles and salt. Bitter leaf soup is best served with fufu or eba. Get more recipe and the steps for cooking bitter leaf soup with water leaf in this link.

http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/102/bitter-leaf-recipe-how-to-cook-bitter-leaf-and-water-leaf-soup.html

You can not really practice food hygiene when you have limited knowledge of what that means, the only way to live happy and maintain good health is by practicing simple food hygiene. Food hygiene/safety are sum up into these four categories which ar:
1. cleaning
2. chilling
3. cooking
4. cross contamination.
Follow this link to read and learn more about food safety/hygiene tips and make it a daily practice to be able to live healthy and free from deadly bacteria spread althrough.
http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/100/food-hygiene-food-safety-regulation-and-protection.html.

Do you know that there many use of water yam, you can make it into a mouth watery porridge, click the link below learn how to make ikokore or water yam porridge.


http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/15/posts/99/water-yam-recipe-how-to-cook-water-yam-porridge-ikokore-otoh.html

This delicious oha soup was prepared with goat meat and smoked fish and other sea foods, the goat meat adds to the flavour of this soup.

To make Oha soup, it is wise you get rid of the leaf stalks and also cut the oha leaves into two parts so that they don't sit chunky in the soup, this will make the soup more attractive and fit for kids if the leaves are a little bit smaller: also, you can serve this tasty soup with fufu, eba or semolina. To learn more about oha soup, check the link for the recipe.