Ingredients for Okro Stew – Preparing Okro Stew with Fresh Fish

Follow the guidelines. It is easy and you won’t forget the taste.

Okro is a vegetable known in French as gumbo while in US its called Okra.

Okro is a source of dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins and a low-calorie vegetable.

Vegetables that you can add to prepare slimy okro meal.

Kontonmire
Gboma (Spinach)
Ademe (Sigli)
Garden eggs

You can choose varieties of protein to prepare your meal.

• Goat/cow meat
• Fresh fish
• Cow feet
• Salmon
• Tuna
• Wele
• Chicken/turkey
• Any dry fish of choice

Ingredients

• Okro/okra quantity depends on individual preference.
• 4 pieces Garden eggs (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda/kanwe
• 200 mls red palm oil/vegetable oil
• 3 pieces medium-sized onions
• 1/2 pieces of ginger/garlic
• 3 medium size fresh tomatoes
• 4 pieces bell pepper (kpakposhito)
• 1 piece salted fish(optional)
• 1 pound cow feet/chicken
• Herrrings/crab/tuna/salmon
• 1 pound wele/crabs
• Salt/ seasoning cubes

Instructions

• Wash okro and garden eggs
• Chop okro and garden eggs into smaller pieces
• Put chopped okro into a clean saucepan, add water to cover
• Add baking soda or kanwe (helps make it slimy)
• Cook it for about 8 minutes
• Set okro aside when soft
• Wash your meat thoroughly
  

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• Chop meat into sizes and place in a cooking pot
• Add salt and seasoning cubes, add a little water and place on heat
  Cover it with lid and allow it to boil
• Chop and blend onions, ginger, pepper and garlic until smooth
• Pour the blended mixture into pot and allow meat to cook until soft. Here you can add your crab and wele if using
• Pour some palm/vegetable oil into a saucepan and place over medium heat
• Sliced onion pieces and add to oil
• Add salted fish
  

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• Cook for about 3 minutes
• Wash tomatoes, chop and add to the sauce
• Cook until soft
• Add your steamed beef, boiled crab and wele to the mixture
• Add herrings or salmon if using
• Stir and leave it to cook for about 10 minutes
• Pour into the mixture your cooked okro and stir thoroughly
• Add salt to taste

Notes

If you like okro stew less slimy, cut into larger chunks and also avoid baking soda or kanwe.

You can serve okro stew with:

• Akple
• Banku