How to make cucumber stew: Health benefits of cucumber, tomatoes plus oda tins to know – BBC News Pidgin

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Di economy situation for Nigeria don begin make pipo find replacement for food items wey dey too costly and dis na wetin start di cucumber stew trend.

Cucumber stew na meal wey dem prepare wit cucumber fruits afta dem blend am as replacement for tomatoes wey dem bin dey use make di traditional Nigerian stew.

Dis na afta one period wey high cost of tomatoes and pepper begin make citizens dey look for alternatives.

In di height of di tomatoes scarcity, and as at di time cucumber stew begin dey trend, e bin no dey possible for pipo to prepare di basic tomatoes stew without spending at least 5000 naira (£230, $300) and above.

For market, dat time, about five pieces of tomato bin dey go as high as 1,000 naira, while a small basket of tomato bin go up reach 30,000 naira for small basket for di North while di big basket dey cost around 45,000 naira)

For Ghana, three small tomatoes bin dey cost $1.30 (GH ¢ 20) for market, for some places e dey cost more.

One ogbonge cook Gaz Azah wey also be food content creator of Gaz kitchen follow BBC Pidgin tok. She open up say na sake of di need for anoda alternative for tomato make am begin use cucumber to make stew.

“Wetin inspire me to use cucumber make stew na di high cost of living for Nigeria, becos pipo dey complain say no alternative to tomato and even if pepper and vegetables dey, we need fruit wey we fit use make stew.”

Wen di cucumber stew begin dey trend for social media, pipo begin dey try am to see how e go be for mouth.

Ingredients wey you go need:

Fresh pepper, Seasonings/spice, Onions, Oil, Cucumber, Salt, Seasoning paste, fish/meat.

Di process na like di same way wey dem dey cook normal stew and na just di cucumber bin dey different for inside.

Generally, cucumber supposed dey served raw so you go fit enjoy di taste, texture and how e be for mouth including di nutrient wey e go provide for di bodi.

You no need to peel or even cook cucumber bifor you chop am and plenti pipo dey even use am make different meals including salad.

Cucumber get about 96% water and e dey di family of fruit and vegetables.

According to Nicola Shubrook wey be nutritional therapist, tomato get plenti benefits for di bodi.

BBC Pidgin tok to one sabi food nutritionist Temiloluwa Omotosho wey explain how nutrients for inside cucumber fit no benefit di bodi becos e don go through fire.

“Fruits like cucumber dey best to chop raw so you go fit get all di essential nutrients wey go benefit your bodi. Becos e get vitamins wey be say if you heat am, di nutrient go wash away and di body no go fit get all the vitamins.”

Di nutritionist add say “If you dey pass cucumber through fire, all those vitamins wey your bodi need go don go wit di fire.

E get some kain fruits wey no suppose near fire sake of say e beta to chop dem raw as fruits wey dem be.”

To dey cook some kain fruits and vegetable fit beta di taste, texture and even di look wey go make am safe to chop but no be all of dem.

Pipo dey blend tomatoes wit dia pepper to make correct stew and na di common and recommended method for some place be dat.

But to dey cook cucumber wey you suppose chop raw, go reduce di nutrient, even make di look and taste different from how e suppose be for mouth.

Kerry Torrens wey be registered nutritionist explain for BBC Good Food why some foods dey beta wen e dey raw dan to cook dem.

Some vitamins dey very sensitive to heat and to cook dem go quickly reduce dia vitamins.

Some fruits wey get vitamins B go quickly lose dat nutrient if dem cook am inside hot water. Cucumber na one of dat fruits wey fit lose nutrient once e dey heated through fire.

According to nutritionist Torrens, fruits and vegetables like carrots, brocolli and even tomatoes, fit go through small cooking to make am easier for our bodies to benefit from some of di antioxidants wey fit protect us.

Wen you cook tomatoes – or make am into suace, e fit help to break down di plant cell walls wey go allow us to beta get di lycopene wey dey inside to benefit di bodi.

All dis nutrients go help save our cells from damage and go fit protect us from some cancers and health diseases.

To get beta nutrient from your fruits and vegetables depend on how you prepare am and di kain method wey you use chop am.

Na true say cooking fit make food safer as e go kill some pathogens but you need to know which kain fruits go need cooking.

As economy fit dey bite hard, e dey important to chop healthy food and vegetables. But no be only to chop, but to ensure say na balanced diets wey get enough nutrients you dey chop.

Sabi pipo recommend say balanced diets wey get di six classes of foods na di best for di bodi.