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Best of Naija Series....Palm oil dodo ,whole boiled egg sauteed in Sunday Stew

Yesterday evening I wondered what to cook. Then I remembered that once or twice, I had eaten plantain fried in palm oil. I decided to try that. As opposed to the usual omelette or eggsauce I would have made. By the way, palm oil isn't terrible in the diet. too much of everything is not good for you. Palm oil has its advantages when eaten in the right amount.
I decided to make a stew my aunt and I call 'Sunday stew", its just refined stew that youre tired of. you kinda make it more interesting!

  • Saute some onions, enough of green and red bell peppers, some diced carrots and steamed peas if you would. add your old stew and reason to taste.

  • Boil eggs ,place them in cold water for some minutes, peel and drop the hard boiled eggs in the sunday stew.

  • heat some palm oil, slice your plantains and fry the plantains,turning them over to ensure each side is cooked, becareful not to cook over very high heat so the insides can cook.

Serve the stew with the plantain.

One funny thing about this meal is, I never liked to see boiled egg in red stews. But the presentation of this one made me just yum it all up.

Don't you just love naija food?the colours are vibrant!

 will I try this again?....definitely will!





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