Benue Food Festival celebrates Nigerian Food - who is the best chef?!

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(Nigeria Food) Benue state is known as the "Food Basket of Nigeria" and celebrated this year with an enormous food festival. The tastes, smells and flavours of an array of classic Nigerian food dishes were accompanied by delicious servings of local dancing, drummers and celebrated musicians.

But the stars of the show are the women from across Benue who took part in the festival's cooking competition.

"For women -- cooking is like a natural thing," says Doosuur Tor- Anyiin, a Benue state journalist and cook in the competition.

Hundreds of women attended to watch the competition. The prizes included: a new car for first prize (plus 500,000N), a motorbike for second (plus 300,000N), and a deep freezer for third place (plus 200,000N).

"I learnt how to cook when I was fourteen years old and I can't quantify," explained Doosuur Tor- Anyiin.

(Nigerian Food) Doosuur cooked a delicious soup recipe from her local area -- it's called Ikyegh Shashwa -- and the ingredients include chicken, onions, pepper, local seed for flavouring, ginger, locust beans and black eyed pepper.

"It all goes into the soup," she says.

But she had plenty of competition in the event (organised by Unilever in partnership with the office of the first lady of Benue state) as women from across the state vied with their own Nigerian Food dishes.

"I have been cooking for my husband and he has never one day said madam you have not cooked well today," said Mwuese, wiping her brow as she cooked her Okra and vegetable soup. "So I'm highly confident that I will win!"

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