How to cook okra soup
How to cook delicious Nigerian Okra Soup
Okra Soup is one of the quickest and easiest Nigerian soups to prepare. Some argue that a lot of work goes to the cutting of the two vegetables used in preparing this recipe. Yes but once the vegetables are ready; it cooks in no time at all.
This soup is known as Miyan Kubewa in Hausa.
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Ingredients
5 cups (250g) Okra3 cooking spoons red palm oil
Beef: Best cut
Shaki (Cow Tripe) (Optional)
Fish: Iced Fish (Mackerel/Titus), Dry Fish, Stock
Fish
1 handful crayfish
Pepper and Salt (to taste)
Onions (optional)
Vegetable: Nigerian pumpkin leaves or spinach
(fresh or frozen)
3 stock/boullion cubes
Before you cook Okra Soup
1. About two hours before preparing the soup, boil the
stockfish for 20 minutes and leave in the pot with
the hot water to soak. There’s a type of stockfish
that I buy in Nigeria that does not need all that
soaking.
2. Cut the okra fingers into tiny pieces. The tinier you
cut the okra, the more it will draw. To achieve this,
you need to make a few vertical cuts followed by
horizontal cuts on the okra fingers.
3. Grind the crayfish and the dry pepper.
4. Wash the pumpkin leaves, if it is your choice of
vegetable, and cut into tiny pieces. If you will use
frozen spinach, defrost and cut into tiny pieces.
stockfish for 20 minutes and leave in the pot with
the hot water to soak. There’s a type of stockfish
that I buy in Nigeria that does not need all that
soaking.
2. Cut the okra fingers into tiny pieces. The tinier you
cut the okra, the more it will draw. To achieve this,
you need to make a few vertical cuts followed by
horizontal cuts on the okra fingers.
3. Grind the crayfish and the dry pepper.
4. Wash the pumpkin leaves, if it is your choice of
vegetable, and cut into tiny pieces. If you will use
frozen spinach, defrost and cut into tiny pieces.
Cooking Directions
1. If you will use shaki (cow tripe) for the soup, wash
and boil till it is done. Add water sparingly because
this soup needs to be thick. Add the soaked
stockfish and dry fish to the cooked shaki. The
length of time it will take to cook shaki depends on
the cooking appliance utilized. You can take a bite
to confirm this.
and boil till it is done. Add water sparingly because
this soup needs to be thick. Add the soaked
stockfish and dry fish to the cooked shaki. The
length of time it will take to cook shaki depends on
the cooking appliance utilized. You can take a bite
to confirm this.
2. When you are happy that the shaki and stock fish
are well-done, add the beef, onions and stock cubes
and cook till done. Then add the iced fish and cook
till done.
are well-done, add the beef, onions and stock cubes
and cook till done. Then add the iced fish and cook
till done.
3. Pour red palm oil in another pot and heat the pot to
dissolve the oil if it is congealed. Add the diced okra
and start frying to kick-start the drawing process,
add some meat stock from time to time till you
notice the okra start to draw. This process should
take a maximum of 5 mins to avoid over-cooking
the okra.
dissolve the oil if it is congealed. Add the diced okra
and start frying to kick-start the drawing process,
add some meat stock from time to time till you
notice the okra start to draw. This process should
take a maximum of 5 mins to avoid over-cooking
the okra.
4. Now add the vegetable and stir well. Add all the
meat and fish, crayfish, pepper and salt to taste.
Then stir well.
meat and fish, crayfish, pepper and salt to taste.
Then stir well.
5. Cover the cooking pot and leave to simmer and it is
ready to be served.
Notes: Shaki, Meat, Dry Fish, Iced Fish (Mackerel/Titus)
and Stock Fish must not all be used at the same time in
preparing the okra soup recipe. If you can, by all means
use all as they will add to the flavour. But if not, an
okra soup prepared with only iced fish ((Mackerel/Titus)
can equally taste good. So don’t go and break the bank
because of a pot of soup!
ready to be served.
Notes: Shaki, Meat, Dry Fish, Iced Fish (Mackerel/Titus)
and Stock Fish must not all be used at the same time in
preparing the okra soup recipe. If you can, by all means
use all as they will add to the flavour. But if not, an
okra soup prepared with only iced fish ((Mackerel/Titus)
can equally taste good. So don’t go and break the bank
because of a pot of soup!
Onions is optional because while some people cannot
bear the smell/taste of onions in okra soup, others are
like “Okra soup without onions? No Way!”
So feel free to add and subtract ingredients but the
minimum ingredients that make an okra soup are:
Okra (of course)
Palm Oil
Beef, Iced or Dry Fish
Crayfish
Pepper and Salt (to taste)
Vegetable
Seasoning
Pumpkin leaves are the best for
okra soup but for those outside
Nigeria, this may be hard to come
by so you can use spinach. But
make sure it is the washed and
frozen one (see photo). This works better than the fresh and leafy spinach as far as the Okra Soup recipe is concerned.
bear the smell/taste of onions in okra soup, others are
like “Okra soup without onions? No Way!”
So feel free to add and subtract ingredients but the
minimum ingredients that make an okra soup are:
Okra (of course)
Palm Oil
Beef, Iced or Dry Fish
Crayfish
Pepper and Salt (to taste)
Vegetable
Seasoning
Pumpkin leaves are the best for
okra soup but for those outside
Nigeria, this may be hard to come
by so you can use spinach. But
make sure it is the washed and
frozen one (see photo). This works better than the fresh and leafy spinach as far as the Okra Soup recipe is concerned.
Serve with Eba (Garri) , Cassava Fufu , Semolina Fufu ,Amala, Tuwo Shinkafa, or Pounded Yam .
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