Let them cook for about a minute then add your tomato or tomato paste. use the oil left after you have removed the shrimp. Take your sliced white onions and put them in the same pan you cooked your shrimp in.After you are done cooking the shrimp, remove them and place them in the bowl with the chicken.When shrimps are cooked, they change from their greyish-green color to pink. Cook the shrimps for a little while and add ginger powder, seasoning cubes and chili. When the oil is hot enough, take the shrimps and add them in the pan.Make sure the oil is enough to cook the shrimp’s in. Take a separate pan, pour some groundnut oil and let it boil.Make sure you do not overcook because you will still have to cook it further. Boil your fine cut or grated Okra pieces until they are slightly cooked.Add the ginger, the crushed garlic and salt as the chicken is boiling, cover it and let it boil for 15 minutes. First, you want to ensure your chicken pieces are cooked.Bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes(do not cover) then add the vegetables and set aside.READ ALSO How to prepare okro stew in Ghana Bring to another boil then add the okra and reduce the heat. Add the remaining black pepper, salmon and whole crayfish and dry pepper. oncethe tomatoes is almost reduced, add the meat water(please eye ball how much you use). Add the meats and cook for a few minutes. chop in the onion sauté until almost translucent then add the crayfish and bay leaves and fry for a few seconds to prevent burning. Drain the meats from the stock and set aside Rub in the seasonings into the meats, pour water to the level of the meats an cook until tender. Season meat with the garlic, salt, half of the onion, ginger, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp dry pepper and bouillon. Palm oil(about 100ml would work, but I added more sha) Optional process)(Any fish works)Ģ 1/2 cups okra(chopped, grated or roughly blended)Ĥ plum tomatoes(chopped or roughly blended) But the stew sweet sha.Ĥ salmon steaks(season with pepper and salt and cook in the oven or grill then cut into chunks. In the words of my friend Mike “Ghana again? After contesting jollof with us(Nigerians), they now have their own okro?” I also want to ask “abeg na okro or okra?”Ībeg Mike help me ask them oh. But before I leave you the recipe, I’ll leave you with this question to ponder. As in they do enjoy their banku and okra. You need to see the way my Ghanaian neighbors eat this stew: like it’s the last thing. The pictures alone are to die for or as the Warri people say “na die!” Oh you might also want to check her app Kravings out on iTunes. I enjoy looking at her photos which makes my foodie soul happy. She does African recipes with a very modern twist. To get this recipe, trust me I had to talk to none other than on instagram. I couldn’t enjoy any soupy stew. It has to be a little thick for me. With what I saw online and what I’ve seen my neighbors prepare, this stew is usually made to look quite soupy, but mba not for me o. As in the garri dey draw like pounded yam kaiiii! Although I didn’t make mine with banku, we enjoyed it with yellow garri. I have seen some of my Ghanaian neighbors eat this soup with banku. It’s quick it’s easy and it’s damn delicious! □ And what better recipe to make than one with okra. My ajebutter had to get some allergy shots and with all the “mommy mommy” I had to make something quick. Not forgetting that the Yoruba’s do call theirs Okra stew too. Maybe because of how it’s made with a tomato base. Apart from Egusi, jollof rice and suya, we do share similarities in how we make our okra and to them it’s called Okra stew. Ghanaians and Nigerians do have a lot in common especially when it comes to food. Infact he calls the Nigerian stew and okra the red and green soup. I am a huge fan of Okra thanks to my ajebutter. No telling how many times I make it in one week. Even my son the gluten free ajebutter loves and prefers a meal of okra over anything else.
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