Healthy Food Weekly Contest Week 24|| Show us the chef in you.

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Good afternoon my beloved brothers and sisters in @healthysteem community and across the globe. It's your favorite girl @missyleo, it's a pleasure to participate in this amazing contest organized by our very own @mesola, kudos to you ma'am.

I will be taking you through my pepper soup and white rice preparation, please come with me as we begin together.

Let's start with the ingredients used in preparing this meal.

• Raw rice

• Dried cat fish

• Cameron pepper

• Atah/uda (African Negro Pepper)

• Crayfish

• Salt

• Seasoning cube

• Onions

I washed the rice with hot water, then I placed it on fire to start boiling.

^{The raw rice}

As the rice was on fire, I quickly removed the dried cat fish, removed the chaf from the belle of the fish and washed it well so that there won't be any sand while eating it.

^{Dried cat fish}

After washing the fish into the pit, put salt, added the Cameron pepper, onions to it.

While I was done with it I check on the rice on fire, the water has dried off, so I turned off the gas.

^{Parboiled rice}

Then I put the pot of fish on the gas to boil for 4-5 minutes, while it was on fire I selected the crayfish to removed some dirt particles from it, then I pound it, I added the Negro pepper and pounded it so well, so that its particles will not be seen.

Few minutes time I put the pounded crayfish and the negro pepper into the pot and added enough water, then I allowed it to boil well well.

The negro pepper is normally used in cooking pepper for new born mothers because it is believed that the negro pepper will help clean their womb and birth canal.

I allowed it to boil for about 3 minutes, before I opened the pot and stir it with a spoon and taste if the seasoning cube and salt is enough in it.

In a minute time it was done and I turned off the gas, the aroma was so active as it filled the kitchen to the brim.

This fish pepper soup will help to dilate the blood vessels , clean the system and also burn excess fat that accumulate during pregnancy.

After I was done cooking, my sister perceived the aroma from her bedroom and came to the kitchen and dished her portion to eat.

^{My sister eating the meal}

I also dished my own portion and eat it while it was still hot.

^{My portion of meal}

I'm sorry the food wasn't plenty, I would have call you to join me in eating. Maybe next time I will invite you. Thank you for reading my post.