Festive 🇬🇭 Okro Stew Recipes | Delicious Holiday Okro Stew/ Soups | Lovystouch

palm oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil offers a healthier fat option.

fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Tofu provides a plant-based protein alternative.

meat

🥗Healthier: lean chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Lean chicken reduces fat content.

bay leaves

💰Cheaper: dried herbs

Dried herbs can substitute for flavor.

Begin by steaming goat meat and cow skin with homemade seasoning and enough water to cook until soft.

Steam mackerel with seasoning and a little water for 15 minutes, then add precooked lobsters and shrimp on low heat.

Chop onions, tomatoes (removing seeds), garlic, ginger, and blend with scotch bonnet peppers.

Chop garden eggs and okra into preferred shapes.

In a pot, add palm oil and chopped onions, then add blended mixture and chopped tomatoes, cooking for 5 minutes.

Add cooked meat and stock from steaming seafood, cover and cook for 15 minutes.

Boil 1 cup of water, add 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda, then add chopped okra and garden eggs, cooking for 4-5 minutes.

Incorporate boiled okra and garden eggs into the stew base, gently mixing in seafood.

Simmer for 2 minutes, garnish with onions and scotch bonnet pepper, then serve.

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