![IMG20250719164459.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbWHLeyimuZxUXpwDj6vVjNYEsZBaEYLtM3tpvzY7VFKh/IMG20250719164459.jpg) Greetings to all members of this prestigious community and to you who is taking time to read my post. You are welcome to my blog. Today, I want to participate in one of the amazing contest called Recipe of the day. This is one of the contest that helps us to show a full picture of what we did in our kitchen. Today, I am ready to share with you my weekend delicious meals. It was melon soup mixed with bitter leaf. Melon soup is one of the soup love and cherish by millions of family around the globe. I love cooking in large quantities and refrigerate it, for week days. Melon soup is always nice, appetizing and delicious. Aside from the above, it has a lot of health benefits, the leaf contains vitamins, post immune system has anti-inflammatory properties, contains minerals like calcium which helps in bone formation, it's best immune system and regulate blood sugar level in the body. But most of our traditional meal require time due to it ingredients. **Ingredients Used** | Ingredients | Naira | steem | |----------|----------|----------| | Bitter leaf | #200 | 1 steem | |Waterleaf | #500 | 2 .5 steem | |Melon | #1200 | 6 .6steem | | Crayfish| 500 | 2 .5steem | | Fish | #1500 | 7.5 steem| |Cow skin| #1000 | 5 .5steem | |Meat| 2000| 10 .5steem | | Periwinkle | #1000 | 5.5 steem | | Pepper| #200 | 0.8 steem | Onions | 100 | 0.5 steem |Seasoning cubes | #100 |0.5 Steem| |Salt |# 50 | 0.2 Steem | Water |Free |Free| |Total| #11, 350 | 49.5 steems ![IMG20250719153953.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmatUjW4FafJq8Q3tr1BwTjosAQuuVaQmwEHiTXXNLUCxk/IMG20250719153953.jpg) Miss en place ingredients Let me explain few things I did before I arrive at the mis en place ingredients, I have used more than 30 minutes for the soup preparation. I went to my farm cut water leaf, select the flowers, wash it thoroughly using clean water and sliced it. I cut the tail of my periwinkle, wash it clean. I don't like buying the cut ones from market, In most cases, I encounter deaths ones, as such I prefer cutting and washing it myself. I wash my cowskin, meat, fish and removable periwinkle and set aside.. **Now let's enter cooking process** In a clean pot, I added the proteinous ingredients, season and steam it well. Remember, this is soups foundation, it plays a vital role our meal. My next item was adding of my cowskin, this was properly wash.

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Thereafter, I go in with my prewinkle, the one with shell first, seconded with removable. The removable is for my daughter, she enjoys seeing it inside her soup. More so, it builds children PVC with speed.

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I added oil and a desire quality of water, I cover the pot allow the ingredients to simmer for some minutes.

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I continue the process by adding grinded crayfish, this gives a gorgeous taste to the meal. I poured in my melon,It was properly grinding . I stir consistently to avoid it getting burnt till it was done then I proceeded to add another ingredient.

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I added waterleaf and allow it to simmer for 3 minutes, by this time, the waterleaf has already added more water to the soup. I added bitter leaf lastly and I stir it then my soup was ready, I put down from the cooker, Boom dish it for my family members.

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******* Food is ready, bring swallow of your choice, let enjoy.

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![IMG20250719164453.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmapkxpgDE26xnxYn2e8YuPcs7qEcfrmK6jYNn1J1AxNCh/IMG20250719164453.jpg) **Selfie** Noted melon soup can be cooked in different ingredients and process depending on what they individual want or their culture. We have different methods of preparing melon soup. In this post, I use water leaf, melon and bitter leaf. In many next post, I will prepare melon with okra or just melon soup. This soup can be enjoyed with different swallows like fufu, garri, semolina and wheat while others people eat it with white rice and alot more. Choose your style and enjoy the richness of melon soup. **Health benefits of meal** | Ingredients | Health benefits| |----------|----------| | Bitter leaf |It is a staple ingredients in African cuisine,it helps in digestion of food, contains antioxidant and can also be for traditional treatment. | |Waterleaf |Water leaf is used in many dish. It add a tender, slightly crunchy texture to the soup. It is rich in vitamin a mineral. | |Melon | It contains potassium which helps in lowering blood pressure and support immune system. It also replenishes fluids| | Crayfish, Meat, Fish and periwinkle | These are the proteinous ingredients of the meal, which is essential for our muscle growth and repair. Boost immunity and brain function.| | Pepper| It enhance taste and potassium and vitamin A, which is good for vision| | Onions | it boost the immune and add more natural and appetizing taste to food | |Salt |It enhances the food tastes. We can't eat without salt, it plays an important role in food tastes| I would like to invite @ninapenda, @jyoti-thelight, @dove11, @wringo @ruthjoe to share their recipe of the day with us. Thanks so much for reading my post.

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