TOMATOES CRISIS IN NIGERIA .... OTHER ALTERNATIVES

Most families in Nigeria can't do without tomatoes in their meals. They use tomatoes in almost every food they cook ,with the exception of a few of their traditional soups. There is always scarcity of tomatoes during the rainy season in Nigeria, but never in history has it's price soared so high as it is now. I wrote about "win the war soup" before, another way to cook soup/stew without tomatoes.  We can honestly look for an alternative to tomatoes. There are alternatives like 'tatashe', carrots (grounded or grated), chillies, and vegetable sauce to mention a few. You can also use red oil/ palm kernel oil to cook local Jollof rice. This scarcity will not be long.