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palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil provides a healthier fat option.

cassava

🥗Healthier: sweet potato

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Sweet potato offers similar texture with more nutrients.

Wash all your ingredients and prepare them for the cooking pot.

Pound the locust bean to make it into a powder.

Shift the locust bean to get rid of the seeds and remnants, keeping only the powder.

Add salt to taste when the ingredients are well cooked.

Remove everything from the pot and put it in a pan, then cover it and add the rice without changing the water.

Smash or pound the okra when it is thoroughly cooked and also add pepper to it.

When the rice is ready, serve it on a plate and add mushrooms, sprinkle locust bean powder and palm oil on top.

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