Check out the okra recipes from our latest BLACKFOODIE Battle below.
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Bamiya tahbikh (Sudanese Okra stew)
Ingredients:
- 4 cup okra, left whole (tops trimmed off)
- ¼ kg of lamb meat, cubed
- 3 large onions, chopped
- 1 bell pepper
- 1tsp tomato paste
- 3 tsp olive oil
Seasoning:
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- Vegetable/ chicken stock powder/ salt ( add to your taste)
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp black pepper
Methods:
- Heat olive over medium heat in a large cooking pan/ pot; add onions and fry for 2mins.
- Add meat, vegetable/ salt and garlic fry untill onion starts to
- Add water and bell pepper and simmer for 20mins or until meat is tender. stir occasionally.
- Blend/ beat the onion till smooth, add tomatoes, okra and 1-2 cups of water, add 1 tsp sugar. let it simmer for 10mins or until okra is soft. Occasionally stir and add water if it looks dry.
- Serve hot over rice/ bread.
Spicy Shrimp & Okra
- 1/3 cup oil
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 cup Onions
- 1/2 cup Red bell pepper
- 1 1/2 cup Okra
- 1lb Shrimp
- 3 tbsp Parsley
- Salt
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper
- 1 cup water
- A cup of cooked rice
Set oil on medium heat, saute garlic, onions, and bell peppers. Add salt. Add shrimp and parsley, cook for 5 mins. Add okra and cook for another 5 mins.Add water and pepper(cut in half). Add additional salt and cook for 30 mins on medium heat. Pour over rice and serve. Makes 3 servings.
