In my entry I will be sharing with you all how to prepare what I call economy meal, because it's cheap to buy and very much satisfying.
Now for this meal I only budgeted 850 naira only (2.4 hive), and I know you all may be wondering what can 800 naira buy in Nigeria today?
| Food items | Price in NG | Price in hive |
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| Potato | 500 NG | 1.4 hive |
| Onions | 100 NG | 0.2 hive |
| Pepper 🌶️ | 50 NG | 0.1 hive |
| Topisto tomato | 150 NG | 0.4 hive |
| Maggi | 50 NG | 0.1 hive |
| Total | 850 NG | 2.4 hive |
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Step 1 |
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In the first step this includes going to the market and buying all the above listed items, so after bringing them home I started with watching all the plates and pot and after that I proceeded to peeling off my potatoes.
Step 2 |
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After I might have finished peeling the potatoes I then put them in a large bowel filled with water for the purpose of washing it thoroughly.
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After washing the potatoes I then change the water and put another then wash again before cutting it into smaller part and put inside the put I intended to cook with then add water into it and start boiling.
Step 3 |
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In this step while my potatoes had started boiling instead of me to wait for it to be ready I then kept myself busy by slicing the onions which I will be using to make tomato 🍅 sauce.
This part didn't even take much time but the worst part of it is the fact that the onions gas was entering my eyes and as a result of that tears started coming out from my eyes 😂 😂.
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And after a while the potatoes was all set then I used my spoon 🥄 to check if it was soft and it was then automatically it was ready
Then I proceeded into placing an empty pot on the gas and lower it a little, and started with frying 🍳 the onions (now this is the sauce preparation), after frying the onions for about two minutes I then added my topisto tomatoes as well as salt which I already had, maggi and pepper and finally added some water.
Then I allowed it to boil for 5 minutes and since it wasn't that much it was all set and ready to be consumed then I turn off my cooking gas and breakfast was ready.
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Breakfast is ready |
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Now finally the moments have been waiting for which is also considered to be the most interesting part of this entry, which is the eating part.
 | Yep! That's me with the delicious potatoes |
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After everything my potatoes was ready and also my beautiful tomatoe sauce was also ready as seen in the above pictures and without wasting much time I started eating and even had remains for the afternoon.
So now you can all see why I call it the economy meal because it is very affordable and also very delicious and trust me it is better than buying rice a cup for 500 naira and still it doesn't satisfy you.