Hello Guys! It's another blissful Sunday. As you're aware, today is #CreativeSunday and it's my pleasure to welcome you all to my amazing "Yam Ampesi and Mixture of Tomatoes sauces, Kontomire and Cabbage Stew. I hope you would love to eat with me after I finished this attractive and sumptuous meal.
The fact is that not that I don't know how to cook. When my wife is with me I don't often cook. When I had not married and being alone I used to cook. This is the main reason why for the passed two weeks I hadn't share my #CreativeSunday post. This weekend My wife couldn't come for weekend due to pressure work at her working place which she recently relocated. All my kids are with her. So, I had no option than to cook myself.
I woke up early dawn to plan what to eat before leaving for chapel. I decided to eat heavy food instead of breakfast like tea or coffee. The reason being that, sometimes we hold church meetings after closing from church. All the groceries of foodstuffs and ingredients were bought from market on yesterday.
The following are the groceries of items purchased to be used for my cooking:
1• Tubers of yam
2• one ball of cabbage
3• "Kontomire"
4• Tomatoes paste in sauce
5• fresh tomato
6• Tin fishes
7• Cooking oil
8• Onion
9• Ginger
10•Pepper
11•salt
The preparation of the stew first
I set my fire, this is the ordinary coal pot and charcoal. I washed my silver to be used for boiling and pour the required water into it. I placed it on the coal pot.
I began to remove the large veins from the "Kontomire." The veins in it contain cellulose fibre for energy building, but if we leave the larger ones it causes throat itches. Normally larger veins are removed leaving the smaller veins.
I washed them in cold water and put them in the boiling water. I added my pepper to be boiled together.
I wanted the process of my cooking to be fast so some of the things were done simultaneously. I began to peel my yam while the "Kontomire and the pepper were boiling. After completing the peeling of the yam and cutting into pieces, I washed them into a different washed pot.
Vegetables as we know shouldn't over cooked to lose their nutrients content. As soon as the "Kontomire and the pepper" boiled for 10mins, I removed and drained out the stock.
I put my washed yam in the pot on fire. I added some little salt. I don't like more salt due to my blood pressure. I covered it with the lid. After 30 mins the yam was well cook and the stock was drained out.
I quickly poured few cooking oil into a different empty pot and place it on the coal pot with fire. I slide small amount into it.
While the oil was boiling, I was grinding my pepper, onion and ginger as well. I made sure that the onion wasn't burnt in the cooking oil. As soon as it's burnt the whole stew will become bitter. Soon I had finished grinding the spices. I added it to the cooking oil in the pot. I stirred the mixture with my ladle and left to boil for a while.
I quickly copped my fresh tomatoes into pieces and poured into the steamed ingredients after boiling for sometime. I stirred the mixture together.
After the mixture had boiled for a while, I cut opened the tomatoes paste sauces using a pair of scissors. I squeezed out the tomatoes paste into the mixture on fire. I then stirred it with the ladle. And left it to cook.
After the mixture boiling for a while I added the tin fish and stirred together. I had to wait for a while for the mixture to cook well and get the flavour from the stew.
I grinded the "Kontomire" thoroughly to get a fine texture. I then poured into the stew on fire. I stirred it and left it to boil for a while.
I then began to chop my cabbage into pieces and smaller sizes. I washed the chopped cabbage thoroughly with salt solution. This was to subside or reduce the toxins due to the excessive use of pesticides spray on cabbage balls. I then poured into the mixture of stew and stirred.
The stew was allowed to boiled well. I tasted and I had to add little salt for it to taste well.
Very soon, the stew was well cooked. I took it off and I had to serve myself. I rinsed my bowls and served the quantity of yam I can eat. I fetched the stew into different bowl and my sachet water into the other plate. Wow 😲!, The food taste very palatable and very attractive. I invite all #HiveLearners to come and taste this #CreativeSunday food.
Finally this is how I came up with my preparation of yam ampesi with "Kontomire", cabbage and tomatoes sauces stew. For those who might be confused with "Yam Ampesi" it's just simply mean a peeled cooked yam seasoned with required salt which can be eaten with vegetables stew.
Thanks for your attention and you're all welcome !
