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I’ve got great news for “fit fammers” You can now eat your cake and have it literally. I know how difficult it could be staying away from all your favourite meals when you’re on a diet. The good news is that your options just got wider with the Cabbage Swallow. Swallow is what Nigerians call solid meals that are taken with soups.
I know you probably think this is a joke and wondering how in the world a swallow meal can be made out of cabbage. All I have to say is watch and learn. Thanks to restless dieticians and chefs who keep looking for healthier alternatives to our favourite meals, this is now a reality. I must however quickly say that the originator of this recipe is not known but it sure tastes amazing.
Ingredients (for one serving)
- Cabbage – 1/2
- Psyllium Husk – 2 tablespoons
- Water – 4 glasses
Procedure
- Wash your cabbage
- Cut it into smaller bits
- Boil with little water for about 5 minutes
- Strain water and blend cabbage till it forms a fine puree.
- Pour puree into a pot and heat up on low flame
- While heating up, add psyllium husk to bind the puree together
- Stir and mold (like you would other swallow meals)
- Serve with soup of your choice
Remember psyllium husk from our previous post? So psyllium husk is an ingredient that helps bind food together and stops it from falling apart. Its original use is to help in cleansing the syatem. It has other health benefits. (Click here to see full article on the benefits of psyllium husk). You can get psyllium husk on Konga.
This vegetable swallow can also be achieved with other vegetables like garden eggs, purple cabbage. The fun part is that the meal takes the colour of the vegetable you use. So if you use purple cabbage, you’ll have a plate of purple swallow.
Will you be trying out the Cabbage swallow? I’ll love to know what you think. Drop a comment!
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