NAIJA BOARD 2024/2025 CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR contest 2nd Edition! |Donor:🔥BC.Game

[igebotz]

Okay. Time to split this topic so discussion and suggestions can take place on the second thread- I should have done it a long time ago.

I will delete every further comment in this one when I'm done splitting this thread. Don't reply after this post, wait for the new split thread.


Discussion here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5525737.0

[PremiumcryptoHub]

Since this contest has been organized on our local board on the occasion of Christmas and New Year, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Actually, I'm not very good at cooking, which is why my cooking wasn't very impressive. Still, I tried my best to make our local dish. I have prepared one of the most popular Nigerian dishes in a completely homemade way. Which was very tasty to eat and healthy for all of us.

I used a variety of ingredients to make this dish.

[Ronsbit]

I find this contest more interesting as it is a medium of showcasing our African and Nigerian delicacies to the world at large. I am happy to see other nationals who are reputable members of this platform indicating interest in the contest and also supporting in their kind gestures. So far, this contest has gained attraction and it is a good one to behold. I had no option but to join in the contest in preparing VEGETABLE RICE AND CATFISH PEPPERSOUP

Name of Dish: VEGETABLE RICE AND CATFISH PEPPERSOUP
Ingredients:  Cat Fish
                      Rice
                      Scent Leaf (ocimum gratissimum)
                      Curry Leaf (lemon basil or partminger)
                      Onion
                      Maggi
                      Pepper
                      Salt
                      Cray Fish
                      Green Pepper
                      Carrot
                      Water
                       
Preparatory and Cooking Procedures:

I started by preparing my ingredients for the pepper soup; first, I had to wash and slice the curry and scent leaf separately. Then, I washed the other ingredients and sliced them separately. I cut the catfish into five pieces and washed it with warm water to remove slime and dirt from the body. I had to parboil, wash, and sieve the rice at first to remove excess starch before cooking it properly.


I first put the catfish inside the pot which I had already washed, added pepper and onion smashed together, and stirred it properly for the pepper to absorb properly into the fish. After that, I added 2 and half medium-sized cups of water and allowed it to boil for 2 mins then I added one tablespoon of salt, scent leaf, and curry leaf, and allowed it to boil for another 2 mins. Finally, I added onion, magi, and crayfish. After 3 to 5 minutes of boiling, I removed it from the fire.

After parboiling the rice, I washed it and sieved it properly to filter out the water. Then I began to cook it by putting it into the pot and adding one and a half medium-sized cups of water to it on fire and a tablespoon of salt then I allowed it to boil for 6 to 9 minutes. When it was almost done, I added my green pepper and carrot, stirred it, and allowed it to boil properly for an extra 2 to 3 minutes before bringing it down from the fire.

Below are the pictorial excerpts from the cooking exercise for your view.


 
Ingredients in their unprocessed form.


Ingredients in their processed form


Catfish Pepper Soup


Vegetable Rice

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Vegetable Rice and Catfish Pepper Soup Served.

Always appreciate those who take their time to prepare and serve you a good meal, it is not as easy as you think to prepare a meal considering the time and effort put into the exercise.

Thank you for this wonderful contest.

[Ambatman]

Reserved.

[AmaGold70]

I say make me too join the contest to showcase our Nigerian dish. Na egusi soup/melon and swallow (fufu) wey I prepare and as person wey from Egi clan in rivers state I say make I add our famous ukashi delicacy to my soup.

My ingredients are;
Egusi (melon seed)
Dry chicken
Fresh fish (what is ukashi without fresh fish)
Cow meat
Stock fish
Periwinkle
Crayfish
Fresh pepper
Red oil
Seasoning cubes
Salt
Onion
Bitter leaf

Already sliced ukashi leaves.














I like my swallow small and my protein plenty. That green thing on top the egusi soup is the ukashi.

[Mikky02]

Name of dish: white rice and goatmeat pepper soup
Ingredients:
1. Goatmeat
2. Fresh pepper
3.scent leaf
4. onion
5. Seasoning cube
6. mr.chef pepper soup seasoning powder
7. Tiger. ehuru spice

[Youngrebel]

This is what I prepared for the contest and it is one of the best African dish for everyone. Mostly in the morning (breakfast) Banga Rice.
Banga Rice Preparation
Ingredients:
 Rice
Banga fruits
Water
Fresh pepper
Salt
Seasoning cubes
Scent leave
Onion
crayfish

Procedure
Boil the banga fruits and  pound to extract the Banga juice or water for the cooking.
Wash the rice properly and set aside.
Set the banga juice on fire and allow to boil and then add washed rice.
Allow to boil and add salt, seasoning cubes, fresh pepper, onion, cray fish, and stir gently.
Lower the heat and cover pot to allow cook properly.
Check tenderness of the rice in interval's to ensure it's probably cooked
When the rice is tender stir the pot thoroughly. Ensure to store until the rice is mashy.
add scent leaves. Allow to simmer for 3 minutes and your sweet yummy Banga Rice is ready to be served.

[JayJuanGee]

Name of dish: white rice and goatmeat pepper soup
Ingredients:
1. Goatmeat
2. Fresh pepper
3.scent leaf
4. onion
5. Seasoning cube
6. mr.chef pepper soup seasoning powder
7. Tiger. ehuru spice

Quoted for visibility.. I had to resize the pics.

This is what I prepared for the contest and it is one of the best African dish for everyone. Mostly in the morning (breakfast) Banga Rice.
Banga Rice Preparation
Ingredients:
 Rice
Banga fruits
Water
Fresh pepper
Salt
Seasoning cubes
Scent leave
Onion
crayfish

Procedure
Boil the banga fruits and  pound to extract the Banga juice or water for the cooking.
Wash the rice properly and set aside.
Set the banga juice on fire and allow to boil and then add washed rice.
Allow to boil and add salt, seasoning cubes, fresh pepper, onion, cray fish, and stir gently.
Lower the heat and cover pot to allow cook properly.
Check tenderness of the rice in interval's to ensure it's probably cooked
When the rice is tender stir the pot thoroughly. Ensure to store until the rice is mashy.
add scent leaves. Allow to simmer for 3 minutes and your sweet yummy Banga Rice is ready to be served.

Quoted this one for visibility too.. I did not resize these pics.. they were already sized correctly.

[$weetne$$]

My submission: Good morning, Good afternoon and Good evening to you depending on what time you see this. I want to wish everyone a prosperous Happy New Year officially. Below is my submission for the contest but before I start, I want to give a brief history on the dish I will be preparing, Nigeria Jollof Rice with salad.

The Ingredients used in cooking:

1: Rice
2: Tomatoes - Both fresh and Tomato paste.
3: Salt.
4: Pepper - Different types of pepper were used.
5: Ginger, Onions and garlic
6: Chicken
7: Seasonings
8: Groundnut Oil.
9: Salad - Cabbage, Cucumber. Carrots, other vegetables and Salad Cream.
extra: Other secret family recipes.

Cooking Process:

Firstly, I seasoned my chicken with all the necessary ingredient that is used to add taste to your chicken before you cook. I used Peppers, Salt, Maggi, Onions, Curry, thyme, Garlic and ginger and when it was done cooking, I drained out the water remaining to be used for the jollof rice cooking. I then fried the chicken in medium heat to avoid over frying.

After that I cut my fresh tomatoes and other vegetables that were to be used then I dried them in the oven and blended them into a paste to be used for the cooking.

Next, I measured and wash my rice. In this stage your decision for the quantity of rice to be used should be depending on the quantity of the tomatoes that you have because you need your jollof rice to have equal colours to look appetising.

I used 3 cups of rice since I was not cooking a big meal and my tomatoes were not too many. While my rice was on fire parboiling, I started preparing my salad with the ingredients. I did not add too much ingredients to my salad but only used the ones I listed above.

Finally, When I was done parboiling the rice, a fresh cooking pot was put on fire and I started with adding groundnut oil in the pot, added my onions and tomatoes paste, other ingredients were added and after some few minutes of boiling I add my rice, water and cooked for some minutes until it was done then it was served with a traditional drink called Zobo drink that was also made by me at home.

Conclusion: Although this is a meal I am used to cooking often, the experience this time was different because it felt like I was cooking for a competition and every step I took was taken with extreme calculations like it was going to be tasted by judges. I enjoyed myself and thank you Mia Chloe for organizing this contest. Less I forget, the food was delicious too. My submission came in the next day because I was exhausted from the cooking.

[igebotz]

Spicy Gizzard & Coconut juice Jollof Rice

Ingredients

1. White Parboiled rice
2. Gizzards
3. Coconut juice - 1 big can
4. Corns - 1 small can
5. Carrots
6. Fresh tomatoes
7. Mixed Sachet tomatoes - 3 sachets
8. Geeen peas
9. Ginger
10. Garlic
11. Onions
12. Fresh Red pepper
13. Dried blended pepper
14. Dark Soy sauce
15. Bay leaves
16. Butter
16. Aluminium foil
17. Tyme
18. Salt
19. Crafish
20. Seasonings


Cooking Methods: a very rare recipe, and only some tribes can prepare it( not exposing it) only dropping few steps. 

Step 1. Step 2.

Step 3. Step 4.

Final step
Output

[Yablee0]

As I see dis contest for our naija local board, I just say  make I participate to showcase my little cooking skills.

So I tink of making palm oil fresh fish stew and rice.

List of ingredients way i use are:
Fresh fish (tilapia)
Palm oil
Pepper
Maggi
Tomato
Onion
Cury
Tyme
Salt
Rice
Kpomo

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[asarfiar]

Jollof Rice is a popular dish in Nigeria, and my family and I enjoy this dish every New Year as a celebration at home or as an eco-friendly event when entertaining guests. Its fame and popularity in Nigeria is immense because of its deliciousness. I made this dish with rice by mixing various spices with chicken. Happy New Year!

[Anayochukwu]

As everybody don forget the ogbonge Nigerian dish wey dey save life, me as a Nigerian student I say make I rep our number one life saver anytime wey Sapa hold us for neck. Our odogwu Garri.

Ingredients;
Garri (cassava flakes)
Groundnut (floating berries)
Sugar (artificial sweetener)
Milk (eye protector, make you for no blind)
Salt (flavor)
Water.





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[Odohu]

2ND ENTRY

This time I decided to prepare one of my favorite which is white rice and stew

Ingredients

• Tomatoes
• Groundnut oil
• Fresh Fish and protein
• Fresh pepper
• Onions
• Salt
• Crayfish
• Maggi for seasoning
• Spices

Below are the pictures of the ingredients:


The cooking process and stages
Some of the ingredients were parboiled before coking with the other items as shown below:




Final product
Final product that is ready for consumption is shown below:


I want to use this opportunity to once again thank the organizer of the contest and the sponsors for making this historic contest gain this much attention and participation. Good luck to all of us as we hope to win.

[NurseHub]

Here na my own food wey I cook on the 1s of this year and I want use this opportunity tell una happy new year 🎉

See all the process and the final result but I just dish small wey I fit chop with small drink fanta.

Ingredients: fresh pepper, green pepper, carrots, green beans, crayfish, Maggie, onion, salt, and natural turmeric.

[Marvelockg]

Porridge beans with plantain and garri.

This particular meal is the life support of most Nigeria students in higher institution. You can easily find it in most streets because an average hustler eats it in the morning before going out for work.

Ingredients:
1. Beans.
2. Ripe plantain
3. Vegetable (ugwu leaf) - fluted pumpkin.
4. Red oil
5. Maggi
6. salt
7.pepper.
 8. onion and
9.  Crayfish.

While eating it, you can choose to eat it with
1. Pap
2. Seeping garri (which is the most popular here in Nigeria and the one I used in eating mine
3. Bread
4. You can equally use it as soap while you eat it with garri.

It's easy to make and equally one of the cheapest and most balanced food that both the rich and the poor can easily make at their convenience.

[Powerjumboo]

I am starting this cooking event by wishing everyone a happy new year. I would like to express my sincere wishes and congratulations for organizing the preparation of Nigerian dish here on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas Day. I am not very good at cooking, my wife and I prepared this dish together today. I don't know how this dish looks to everyone. But I hope I will do better next time. I have posted all the ingredients with which I prepared this dish below along with pictures.

[DPHOR]

I am starting this cooking event by wishing everyone a happy new year. I would like to express my sincere wishes and congratulations for organizing the preparation of Nigerian dish here on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas Day. I am not very good at cooking, my wife and I prepared this dish together today. I don't know how this dish looks to everyone. But I hope I will do better next time. I have posted all the ingredients with which I prepared this dish below along with pictures.

I noticed your rank doesn't permit you to upload images..
Therefore, I will quote for your entries to be visibly seen by everyone.
What a nice food you have here.

[Adams0001]

Happy new year to you all. i said make I contribute for our Naija board my experience i have on cooking. so I try to prepare one of my favourite foods tuwo masara (a traditional cornmeal dish) paired with vegetable soup is a great combination for a satisfying and healthy meal. The fiber and nutrients from the cornmeal and vegetables will definitely provide a boost for your body.

Tuwon masara and Vegetables soup

Ingredients

Red oil
Salt
Meat
Spring Onion
Tomato
Pepper
Seasoning
Spinach
Egusi
Water

Steps for vegetables soup.

1. Heat the Red oil in a pot add your onions, pepper, paste tomato, Seasoning and already cooked meat and fry all together in a medium heat

2. Add your egusi and spinach and mix all together

3. Add little water and bring the mixture to a boil then heat  to low for 15 minutes until the  vegetables are tender

Step for Tuwo masara (Corn meal)

1. Add water in a pot, when hot you gradually add the corn flour and stir to prevent lumps

2. Cover it and allow to boil for 10 minutes

3. Turn it for the second time and cover again

4. Then turn it again and serve

[Olatundespo]

Submitted my entry: Nigerian Jollof Rice

Being away from my family made it not easy process for me to prepare the recipe.
I tried to cook as well as I could.

There were some shortages of ingredients in the recipe but it was a great dinner.

Put myself ahead by participating in this contest to win.

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