This is my tribe’s special birthday and victory meal, let me teach you how to make it

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil is healthier while vegetable oil is more affordable.

fish

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Chicken is leaner, and canned tuna is budget-friendly.

meat

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: beans

Tofu is a plant-based protein, while beans are economical.

ginger

🥗Healthier: turmeric

💰Cheaper: ground ginger

Turmeric offers health benefits and ground ginger is less expensive.

Bring water to a boil.

Peel yam, demonstrating with and without a cutting board.

Cut yam into cubes and rinse.

Transfer yam to boiling water and add salt.

Add eggs to the water and cook until done.

Prepare habanero pepper, spring onion, and red onions by cutting them into cubes.

Grind part of the onion with salt in a grinder.

Check on the yams and remove them from the water once tender.

Allow yams to sit for a few minutes, then transfer to an earthenware bowl.

Mash the yams without grinding them too much.

Prep palm oil in a pot and add chopped onions and shrimp powder.

Add salt to the oil and stir, then turn off the heat.

Pour the palm oil sauce over the yams and finish mashing.

Peel and wash the boiled eggs for serving.

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