How To Make The Best Okra Soup/Stew | Suppa Kanja Gambian Style |

fish or meat

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Tofu offers a plant-based option while canned tuna is budget-friendly.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil is healthier while sunflower oil is often less expensive.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade broth is healthier and water with seasoning is cost-effective.

bay leaves

🥗Healthier: dried thyme

💰Cheaper: oregano

Dried thyme adds flavor while oregano is usually more affordable.

Put mutton meat in a pot.

Add crabs and prawns on top of the meat.

Add smoked catfish to the pot.

Pour in one cup of water and a pinch of salt.

Cover the pot and steam for five minutes.

Blend red onion, white onion, green chilies, spring onions, okra heads, and locust beans together.

After five minutes, remove the smoked catfish, crabs, and prawns from the pot.

Add the blended ingredients to the pot along with dry fish and more water.

Mix well and add another pinch of salt, then cover and cook.

After half an hour, add okra to the pot and stir.

Add palm oil to the pot and stir again, leaving the lid halfway on.

Add bitter tomatoes and chili scotch, stirring them in.

Add one unga shrimp and return the smoked catfish and mackerel to the pot.

Stir gently and add crabs and prawns back into the pot.

Turn the heat down and cover halfway, letting everything cook together.

After cooking, turn off the heat and let it sit for a couple of minutes before plating.

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