joseph1832:
I believe the proper approach should be how much does these food items cost in the market, and how much does it take for one to prepare a good pot of soup.

lollmaolol:


Bachelor like us....choi

lanicky:
Hi all, I know these past few months have been hell on earth. I noticed that most of our recipes in the Southern and Western part of Nigeria requires soup as a compliment. I will be giving out few tips to save money and create long lasting and tasty soups.

1) Dried red bell pepper: Dried tatashe/ can perform wonders when you want a soup that you can keep adding water. It primary function is to thicken the soup. You can make a difference to your pot of soup or stew with a few dried pepper. Simply soak in hot water for 30 mins to 1 hr till it softens and add it to the rest of the ingredients, blend together, use as usual. I don’t have a recipe at hand however it would go like this:
-a couple of tomato puree sachets like 2 or 3 sachets
-10 dried red bell pepper
-2 onions
-Dried Chili Pepper
-other spices like garlic
-oil

Prepare your stew as usual

Soya cheese: it is a great substitute for expensive proteins. The downside is the energy and time it requires to peel, boil, cook and/or fry to finally get those meat-like substitutes.

http://www.9jafoodie.com/wara-tofu/

-Instead of lime juice, you can get fermented/sour water from people who make ogi/pap/cornmeal. You can get it for free or buy from them cheaply. You need the same quantity as the soya milk to curdle. Just add it to the milk while it is boiling and wait for it to curdle.

Dried Chili Pepper or Sonbo: it is funny how most people often continue to use scotch bonnet pepper (Pepper) over dried chili pepper during hard times. If you want to make small and cheaper sauce for rice, yam, beans. Simply soak your dried chili pepper in hot water till it softens or soak overnight, add enough onions, ginger, garlic and other spices to douse the spiciness, fry as usual. If you do not really like hot sauce, please omit the ginger. You can use these combo to ea
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skarlett:
All this talk about food is making my stomach growl, nice one op

skarlett:



Is bitter leaf even a soup

iykekelvins:
Let's goan cook

joseph1832:
Yea it is, are you not familiar with it?

skarlett:



Don't tell me you didn't detect the sacarsm

skarlett:



Right behind you dearie

joseph1832:
Oh I didn't. But still, don't tell me you can't cook bitter leaf soup?

iykekelvins:
Ok, I hope you know how to pound yam

skarlett:



No I don't

iykekelvins:
HateU2, come and teach her how to pound yam

I don't know how to pound

HateU2:
I don't know how to pound

Alocia:
Nice one Op.

I've tried the egg stew before when I was in school. It's so delicious.

iykekelvins:
And you think only being your future husby's personal ashewo will keep him

Oya, go and carry pestle and learn

doveda:
Joseph1832, can you please refer to Zidjay's post



Lanicky for Miss Nairaland 2016