Welcome to my blog. Today I will be sharing how to cook our traditional soup "edikang Ikong" (vegetable soup). Please read through the recipe and enjoy learning. ![IMG_20220503_161315_9-02.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSv89EcCnDycqrzBbhGT77EqHgryNhhwCw1Hj3fssXe1f/IMG_20220503_161315_9-02.jpeg) _{A pot of vegetable soup} To prepare vegetable soup, you need the following ingredients. * Fish * Meat * Water leaf * Pumpkin leaf * Perewinkle * Oil * Onion * Pepper * Palm oil * Grey fish * Seasoning cube * Stock fish See the pictures of my ingredients below and how to cook vegetable soup. ![IMG_20220503_143336_0-01.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYWfgA3o6rfhMEV3nCgekpeVgEtt63q6NdZEJqWPAobTC/IMG_20220503_143336_0-01.jpeg) _Meat The first thing I did after returning from the market was to cut the meat into smaller pieces and after that I seasoned the meat and steamed it separately. ![IMG_20220504_133932_9-01.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZwKjm2ffEk9Gi5UKZxUwX8V6dq3rewfQJydc2wu6Lfh7/IMG_20220504_133932_9-01.jpeg) _{Chopped pumpkin leaf} The next thing I did was washing and chopping the pumpkin leaf as you can see in the picture above. ![IMG_20220504_132522_6-01.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPaCHWe45Yrqv9bdZrH7U9fbyWT5ww4BGcvTEFWC7GvXE/IMG_20220504_132522_6-01.jpeg) _{Chopped water leaf} When I was through with the pumpkin leaf, I moved over to washing and chopping of water leaf as you can see in the above picture. ![IMG_20220503_152631_3-01.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmR8BamXZZTBujLZtqqkeaVK5p8bNWANDQxoSpJEfBu9De/IMG_20220503_152631_3-01.jpeg) _{Cat fish} Having finish with the leaves, I wash and selected out bones from the cat fish I will be using for the soup. See the picture of the cat fish above. ![IMG_20220503_160159_7-01.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRTaoPsnUPtb2ePKnkCuTdRk7e9eP8LFvGFDupbTVoCN9/IMG_20220503_160159_7-01.jpeg) _{Meat, perewinkle, stock fish and cat fish put together} When I was through selecting bones from the fish and washing it, I took stock fish, cut it into smaller pieces and wash it. When I was done washing it, I put it in the pot together with already steamed meat and fish. In the picture above I had added meat, fish, stock fish and perewinkle together. At this point, I added a small quantity of oil, a cube of seasoning and salt to it. Put it on fire to steam for five minutes. ![IMG_20220503_155009_4-01.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcvSt63iDeWk64MaQFxhDsvtR7H1uvCJGFf17L2siHaAu/IMG_20220503_155009_4-01.jpeg) _{Grey fish} While the condiments was on fire, I pound grey fish and fresh pepper together. See the picture below. ![IMG_20220503_155942_2-02.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTgQNPkqEY4b6DqekiSS4AisjpZY2ydzbEgQZZW52EGYG/IMG_20220503_155942_2-02.jpeg) _{Pounded grey fish and fresh pepper mixed together} When I was done pounding the grey fish and pepper, I open the pot of soup that was on fire and added chopped water leaf to it and added onion, using big spoon, I turned it to mixed everything together then cover the pot again and waited for three minutes and after three minutes, I opened the pot of soup, add grey fish and pepper to it. After waiting for the next three to five minutes, I added chopped pumpkin leaf, 2 seasoning cube and oil, mixed everything together and waited for three minutes. After waiting for three minutes, I put off the fire and bring down my pot of vegetable soup. ![IMG_20220503_161315_9-02.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSv89EcCnDycqrzBbhGT77EqHgryNhhwCw1Hj3fssXe1f/IMG_20220503_161315_9-02.jpeg) ![IMG_20220503_163216_1-02.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSrN81dK5udPesr4ZYqun1TkNLSTaVEqZV6heyi8ij4nn/IMG_20220503_163216_1-02.jpeg) The soup was eaten with fufu. But you can choose your swallow such as semolina, wheat and so on. Wow! Hope you will like to have a taste of my yummy edikang Ikong (vegetable soup)😀 I believe you all enjoy reading through my food post and enjoy learning. Thank you for visiting my blog and please stop by next time for another interesting post. Written by @udyliciouz