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How To Make Okra Soup - A Classic African Soup Recipe with Vegetables

 

Ingredients

·         500g of Okra

·         20ml Palm oil

·         1kg Protein: Goat meat or cow head, cow skin (optional), dry fish, fresh fish, and stock fish (optional)

·         Cow tripe (optional) ·

·         Crayfish

·         Pepper to taste

·         Black pepper seed or leaves or both if you want it spicy, fenugreek and cloves (optional but ideal for diabetics)

·         1 big bulb of onion and 2 cloves of garlic

·         Pumpkin leaves or any other green vegetable leaves of your choice

·         Non-sodium seasoning

Directions

·         Cut the okra fingers into tiny pieces because it draws more that way. To achieve this, make a few vertical cuts followed by horizontal cuts on the okra fingers. Do not blend the okra because this makes the soup too slimy which some people do not like.

·         Grind the crayfish

·         Grind the pepper, black pepper seed, and garlic.

·         Wash the pumpkin leaves or any other leaves of your choice and cut them into tiny pieces.

·         Wash the black pepper leaves, if you are using any, and cut them into tiny pieces.

·         Wash all the protein and put them in a cooking pot

·         Add diced onion, pepper, garlic black pepper seeds, all ground together, and seasoning to taste.

·         Stir the ingredients together and place the pot on fire without adding water.

·         (Starting with the toughest meat first, cook all the meat and fish till done add water sparingly and as necessary).

·         When the proteins are well cooked, remove the fresh fish, if you are using any, then add the desired quantity of water to get the thickness you like and pour red palm oil while the water is still not yet boiled, this is to avoid the oil floating on the surface of the soup.

·         Add the ground crayfish

·         When the water boil well enough, add the diced okra and take off the lid (cover) of the pot. Do not stir

·         Allow it to boil evenly for about 5 minutes, then add the vegetable and black pepper leaves, if you are using any, and stir well. Add the fresh fish and seasoning to taste. Stir gently so that the fresh fish does not disintegrate.

·         Leave it to simmer for about 3 minutes, turn off the heat and it is ready to be served.


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