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pumpkin leaves

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: spinach

Kale is more nutritious, while spinach is often more affordable.

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats, while vegetable oil is budget-friendly.

Cook the cow leg, tripe, and stock fish with its own juices, seasoning with 1 tablespoon of crayfish and a little salt.

Add water and cook for another five minutes.

Soak dried okazi leaves in water for 2-3 minutes to soften.

Dice maraba spinach into small pieces and pour hot water over it to reduce slime.

Add the cooked meats back into the pot and stir everything together, covering to simmer.

Pound the soaked okazi leaves in a mortar and pestle until finely ground.

Add palm oil to the pot, mixing well with the ingredients.

Add the ground crayfish and periwinkles, stirring to combine.

Add the maraba spinach and 2 scotch bonnet peppers, stirring well.

Cover and allow to steam for 2 minutes.

Add the pounded okazi leaves and stir, covering to cook for another 3 minutes.

Add the beef bouillon cube and stir before serving.

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