Recipe of the Day, Week No. 68: (Edikang Ikong Soup ( Vegetable Soup)

Dear Steemit Chefs, welcome to my food recipe blog where I connect everyone with cultural traditions, rich diversity of global cuisine through creative and detailed recipes.

For today, I want to share recipe of Edikang Ikong soup; A rich delicacy that originates from Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria made with fresh pumpkin leaves and water leaf.

Ingredients Used

• Vegetable leaf
• Water leaf
• Fresh fish
• Onions
• Fresh pepper
• Salt
• Maggi
• Palm oil
• Crayfish
• Periwinkle

Preparation Procedures

• Dress the fish, wash and season with salt, maggi, fresh pepper and a little water, steam for 3 minutes then add periwinkle and stock fish to boil together.

Steaming proteins

• Remove the fish out then add water leaf and palm oil.

Steamed fish	Added water leaf	Adding palm oil

• After boiling for 5 minutes, put salt, maggi and blended fresh pepper.

Adding salt	Adding maggi	Adding pepper

• Add fresh fish then allow it to boil for 2 minutes then pour the vegetable leaf.

Adding fish	Adding vegetable leaf

• Add crayfish and palm oil then boil for just 1 minute ( the vegetable leaf should not be overcooked).

Adding crayfish	Adding palm oil	Ready

My delicious delicacy is ready and it can be served with white rice, different types of swallow ( pounded, fufu, wheat, semovita and garri), boiled plantain and yam.

The outcome

I will invite @josepha, @eliany and @chant to join the recipe of the day contest.