OKRO SOUP (Vee's Dishes Style)

Okra soup goes down well with any type of swallow hehehhhe... Ya all know what I mean for the Okra lovers. I tend to get hungry quickly anytime I have this soup because the digestive process is so fast, maybe it's just me....have you guys had this experience. Hmmm

Anyways I made this for a weekday lunch, like I said in my previous post when it comes to greens I like it fresh, barely cooked so I can derive all the nutrients as much as possible. So again reduce cooking time when adding the veggies to the barest minimum.

This african-Nigerian soup to be precise is made from farm fresh okra(lady fingers) and vegetables with an assortment of meat, fish, tripe, stockfish, periwinkle, prawns etc depending on the cook. 

INGREDIENTS

1 kg beef cut into medium chunks

4 large dried fish deboned & torn into large pieces

1kg okra finely diced

1 tbsp ground ogbono , 

1 large bunch Uziza/ugwu/spinach leaves chopped 

1 cooking spoon ground crayfish 

1 large onion chopped 

3 tbsp ground fresh chilli 

1 cooking spoon palm oil

2 season cubes(knorr)

1 tbsp salt/to taste 

3 cups of beef stock

METHOD OF PREPARATION

1. Add beef to medium pot, season with 1 knorr cube, 1 tbsp pepper, half onion, half salt & 1 cup of water. Place over medium heat and cook for 15 minutes or until meat is tender. Add dried fish and steam for additional 3 minutes. 

2. Place medium pot over heat and add 1 cooking spoon palm oil, add half chopped onion and ground ogbono. Stir properly add all steam ingredients in step 1 with the stock. Add additional stock to slightly cover. 

3. Add all seasonings, ground chilli, crayfish, knorr cube and salt to taste. Allow to boil thoroughly for about 15 minutes. Add the Okro and chopped Uziza. Combine and simmer for 5 minutes. 

4.Stir, remove from heat & Serve hot/warm

Bon Appetit

SERVING IDEAS - Serve with eba, pounded yam, semolina , wheat or plantain flour. 

 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. Isaiah 61:9 KJV