Hello everyone, and welcome to my blog. It's a beautiful Tuesday, and it feels great to be sharing this simple recipe with the Hive community.
For some weeks now, purchasing tomatoes and peppers has been chaotic for many Nigerians. I still don't know why exactly, but I believe some things happens so that we can discover a whole lot of things we are missing out on.
There is a common saying here that there is good in evil and vice versa which inspires me to always get the best out of every situation I find myself in. Since the cost of pepper has skyrocketed badly, many Nigerians have found alternatives to enjoy their meals, especially those that require lots of pepper for preparation.
The current pepper situation in the country reminds of those day when 50 naira worth of pepper was enough to make stew that 2-4 people can enjoy but it's the same anymore.
In my house, we enjoy and eat a lot of soup, which made finding an alternative a compulsory thing for me. Instead of spending outrageously on pepper and still managing it like someone borrowed it, I made up my mind that we would eat more vegetables, which I think is healthier since they contain lots of nutrients and vitamins that are very important to our body system.
Of course, the vegetables are not free, but I can get them cheaper and in greater quantity than buying pepper, so I just need small peppers and more vegetables for some certain food even though it would fit in with almost all the local foods here.
In this post, I explained how to make vegetable sauce for the likes of rice, macaroni, and others because these foods are inevitable for Nigerians on a daily basis.
Ingredients.
Vegetable
Chicken
Pepper
Onions
Cowskin
Palm-oil
Seasoning cubes
Salt
Procedure
I started by cleaning all the ingredients before processing them.
Let's remember that health is wealth, and everything that goes through our mouths into the belly has a lot to do with our health.
I washed the chicken thoroughly and cooked it with seasoning, salt, and onions.
I boiled some water and rinsed the already-sliced vegetables in it. I drained the water and rinsed again with cold water.
I washed the cowskins thoroughly and cut them into smaller pieces.
I also removed the onions, cleaned them, and sliced them into smaller pieces.
- I heated my pot, poured some palm oil into it, and waited for a few seconds for the palm oil to get hot as well.
- I poured the onions and cowskin in the hot oil and stirred for some seconds before adding the already cooked chicken meat.
I stirred everything and added the pepper to the hot oil about a minute later.
I added the seasoning cubes and salt, stirred everything, and allowed the stew to fry under low heat for about eight minutes, which is enough for the chicken and cowskin to have absorbed enough pepper and seasoning.
- I finally added the vegetables to the stew and stirred. I made sure that the stew mixed properly with the vegetables.
- I allowed it to cook for just two minutes, still under low heat, before removing the pot from the fire.
The soup in the pot is enough for four adults to eat rice or spaghetti, and it cost me just 200 naira for the vegetable. It's not compulsory that you use the same ingredients as I did, but following this procedure will definitely help you make vegetable sauce to enjoy your meals.
I enjoyed my vegetable sauce with rice, and it was delicious. If I had bought the pepper that would serve four people at once, a thousand naira worth of people wouldn't be enough, but 200 naira did the magic.
The high cost of pepper is almost a blessing, and even though I have enough pepper for every meal, I still enjoy vegetables a lot more.
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