SLC26-W1 // "Introduction Of Appetizers"

Assalamu Alaikum

I am @rashidaakter From #Bangladesh

I hope you are all doing well. Alhamdulillah! I am also well with your prayers and love. I am starting by wishing all my @Steemit friends good health. Today I'm here to participate in an awesome engagement challenge organized by our honorable mam @suboohi. The theme of the engagement challenge is SLC26-W1 // "Role of Appetizer". In this engagement challenge, I will be sharing my talents and experiences with you. So let's begin.

Do you agree with the statement "Appetizers are used to stimulate appetite"???

Yes, I agree that appetizers are used to stimulate appetite. The ingredients used to make them are beneficial for our body; they can be consumed at home or by many patients. As a liquid food, this holiday is quite good. Appetizers are very tasty and contain natural ingredients that stimulate our appetite even more.

Make one of the recipes shared in the course, with step-by-step detailed methods and pictures.

Ingredients

Soaked lentils 150g
2 medium onions
4/5 cloves garlic
1 medium carrot
1 tomato
1/2 tsp turmeric, red chilli, and cumin powder
5/6 red chillies
Salt, sugar to taste
1 tbsp oil or butter
Green chili, coriander, and lemon

Directions:

Step1

First, wash the dal well and soak it for 1 hour. Then chop the other vegetables.

Step2

Then, place a pot on the stove and add oil to it. When the oil is hot, fry the garlic, onion, and carrots until they are slightly soft.

Step3

Then fry the lentils and add salt at this time. Fry the lentils for a while, add the powdered spices, and fry them again.

Step 4

Fry the lentils with all kinds of spices and fry them with tomatoes for a while. Cover with boiling water for 15-20 minutes and wait until the lentils are cooked.

Step 5

Once the lentils are cooked, remove them from the stove and blend them until smooth using a blender. Then pour them into a bowl. At this time, check the salt and sweetness.

Step 6

Now to serve, take the hot lentil soup in a bowl and serve with coriander leaves, fresh cream, and lemon juice. It's very good. I learned how to make it from YouTube about a year ago. This soup is usually eaten by Egyptians, otherwise it would not be understood that this soup is cooked with lentils.

List the prices of the ingredients that you will buy to make the recipe. (Price in your local currency and on Steam).

I have used all the household ingredients in this recipe. I did not have to buy anything because I had to cook this soup. In fact, since it can be cooked quickly, I almost eat this soup and salad for my dinner. I used as much as I needed to make this recipe, so the price of the quantity I bought to make this recipe is given below.

Item -- Weight -- Our Currency -- Steem

Lentils -- 150 gm -- 20 taka -- 1.2

Carrot 1 -- 100 gm -- 15 Taka -- 0.9

onion, garlic, spices -- 20 Taka -- 1.2

Tomato -- 100 gm -- 10 Taka -- 0.6

Share the health benefits of the ingredients used in the recipe.

Lentils are also considered a meat substitute as they are a source of protein. Lentils are not only delicious but they are also rich in nutrients. For example, minerals, fiber, food energy, meat, calcium, iron, carotene, vitamin B-2, and sugars etc. Carrots are rich in minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants; hence, their role in health is immense. Tomatoes is low in calories and fat, but high in fiber. So it helps in weight loss. Fiber keeps the stomach full and prevents overeating. Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, which helps boost immunity. Tomatoes contain iron, which helps prevent anemia.

Therefore, since all these nutritious and tasty ingredients are mixed to make soup, this soup can be consumed as a liquid food by normal people or patients, which provides health benefits by suppressing hunger.

I invite my beautiful friends @sana-khan01, @pink-ring and @jollymonoara to participate in this challenge.