Welcome to another Episode on Shunguystin local kitchen, i hope you enjoyed the last production on how to prepare [Egg stew](https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@shunguystin/egg-stew-and-its-benefits), today i will be teaching us on how to prepare our well known drink in Nigeria. sit back and Enjoy..... Thank You
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Hello steemians how are you all doing? I hope you all enjoyed my last tutorial on how to prepare Egg stew, today on Shungustin Local Kitchen I will teaching you how to prepare one of our popular drink In Nigeria. Sit back and enjoy…Thanks
Zobo drink is a very popular beverage which is well known with the Nigerians, it is produced with the Roselle leaves (hibiscus sabdariffa). This drink can be used for refreshment in parties, can also be taken everyday. It is very affordable and has lots of advantages.
There are so much to gain from this drink, it has lots of healthy benefits, though it depends on the ingredients that is been used to prepare it. i will recommend the ingredients we use in making ours, so it will be easier for you to get.
Zodo drink is taken majorly for normalization of the blood pressure which is the major benefit of zobo to the body, zobo drink can also be used for either hypertensive or hypotensive. There is a major saying that you have to drink cold zobo if you have a low blood pressure level and if your blood pressure is high.
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# Ingredients use in making zobo
• Enough water
• A very big and ripe pineapple or 2 sachet of joccy’s pineapple flavour
• 1 ginger
• 2 de rica f dry zobo leaves(hibiscus sabdariffa)
• 1 glove of garlic
This are the ingreddients I use in making 5 litres of zobo ddrink. This same quantity can give you more depending on how concentrated you want it to be, you need to adddd more water if you are using artificial flavours.
# Thinks to put in other before you make zobo
1. Wash and dry the leaves of the zobo very well in cold water. Zodo leaves are always very dusty, so make sure you wash them properly before boiling. It might seems that all the colours and flavours of the zobo is washing out, don not worry the zobo leaves still have it colur intact.
2. Most people add the peel of the pineapple into the zobo drink, but I don’t usually do it like that, because I think the peel might be dirty so I peel it off and wash it very well before slicing it in the zobo drink.
3. Also peel and cut the garlic and ginder into tiny pieces.
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# Directions on how to make zobo
1. Do not soak the zobo in water so the original nutrient will not wash off.
2. Put the washed zobo leaves in a big pot.
3. Add the slices pineapples into the pot and pour enough water (3 litres), make sure the water covers the content.
4. Leave the zobo to boil for about 5 minutes at a medium heat.
5. Add the garlic and the ginger, you can also add more water if necessary and keep boiling for another 30 minutes. The zobo leaves will completely be soft by this time.
6. Drop the zobo and turn off the heat to cool down completely.
7. When cool, remove all the zobo and pineapple materials and dleave the juice in the pot.
8. Take out other large substance by pouring the juice through the sieve, then pour it through a chiffon material again to remove the tiniest particles from the juice.
9. Add any artificial flavours to the zobo just to give it a nice taste.
10. Pour the zobo In a clean bottle and refrigerate it.
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# Healthy benefits of zobo drink.
• It can reduce body weight
• It helps your liver to function very well
• It helps early ageing
• It has a number of antibacterial properties
• It is packed with vitamin c
• It helps to cure hypertension syndrome
• It reduces the pain during mensutral period
• It reduces body temperature
• It helps to reduce depression in early stage
• Finally, It cure hypertension syndrome
# Side effects of zobo drink
Too much of everything is not good, when you take zobo in excess this are the likely sign you are going to see.
• It affects the blood pressure
• It might cause the hallucinogenic signs
• It reduces the number of oesterogen in your body
• It might make you less productive
• It prevent pregnancy
• It also stimulate the menstrual flow
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