Prepared Groundnut Soup For HL- Creative Sunday

Welcome to another Hive Learner's Creative Sunday Initiative with George-dee. As usual, I prepared something yummy and I bet you will definitely love it.

Today's delicacy is Groundnut Soup and just as the name implies, the soup is made from groundnut and some other recipes.

Groundnut Soup is a native soup of the Edo tribe but it is enjoyed across different tribes in Nigeria and abroad.

I first tasted the soup in 2013, some of my coursemates came to study at my place and one sweetheart decided to prepare the delicacy for us to enjoy. Ever since I tasted the soup, I always prepared it once in a while and my family loves it as well.

Ingredients.

The recipes aren't difficult to come by and they aren't expensive depending on what you choose to use.

1. Roasted Groundnut
2. Fish
3. Cowskin
4. Pepper
5. Crayfish
6. Stockfish
7. Locust beans
8. Onions
9. Seasoning cubes & salt
10. Pepper soup Powder
11. Basil leaf

Preparation.

_{Remember health is wealth so before anything will be done, all the recipes that need to be processed must be processed. Cooking isn’t just about making a meal, it involves cleanliness as well. If you take away cleanliness from your preparation, healthiness is far from the meal no matter what your recipes are.}

Before I started anything, I made sure my recipes were properly cleaned

• I blended the roasted Groundnut with a little water until it became a smooth paste.
• I also blended some locust beans and crayfish with a small quantity of water. You can decide to blend everything with the groundnut but I blended them separately.
• I blended the pepper as well.
• The cowskin, basil leaf, fish and everything had been cleaned.

1. For the preparation, I started by boiling the fish, cowskin, and stock fish with seasoning and onions. I allowed them to cook for about 8 minutes and please note that you can use beef, chicken or any other protein of your choice.

2. I brought out the fish after it had been properly cooked to prevent them from falling apart while stirring the soup.

3. I added the blended pepper, locust & crayfish paste and Groundnut paste immediately after removing the fish and allowed it to cook for five minutes. I added a little water because it's not necessary for groundnut soup to be unnecessarily thick.

4. I added the remaining locust beans and crayfish but didn't add seasoning after because I used enough from the beginning but if you check the taste and discover anything is missing, don't hesitate to add it.

5. I went on to add palm oil and stirred before returning the fish into the groundnut soup. I allowed it to cook for another five minutes and added the Basil leaf after.

6. It only cooked for three minutes more and my groundnut soup was ready.

I served the soup with pounded cassava but it can also be served with other swallow meals; most preferably pounded yam.

Groundnut Soup isn't just delicious, it is packed with lots of nutrients needed by all genders and is also economical. I wouldn't want to go deep and it would be great if every lady that comes across this post can take a few minutes to check how this soup is very beneficial to them.

The combination of the soup and the pounded cassava is a balanced diet so Groundnut Soup doesn't leave anything out, you will definitely enjoy it if properly prepared.