Okro soup is one of the easiest Nigerian soups to cook, but for those who still find it difficult, I have the easy recipe. Okro, or Okra, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It has edible green seed pods. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with supporters of West African, Ethiopian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian origins. Okra is low in calories but high in nutrients. The vitamin C in okra helps the immune system. Okro is also rich in vitamin K, which helps the body clot blood, and also antioxidants, which are natural compounds that help the body fight off molecules called free radicals that can damage cells.
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All tribes in Nigeria eat okra soup but have different ways of cooking it. The 2 cooking methods in this article are my ways of preparing Okro soup. Method 2 will give you a less slimy okra soup. The type of Okra I use is the short ones because they are easy to grate.
Ingredients Of Okro Soup:
Okra, Red Oil(Palm oil), Seasoning cube, grind crayfish, Fish or chicken, Stock fish, Cow skin(optional), locust beans, pepper, pumpkin leave (optional) and salt.
Raw beef, Smoked catfish, Stock fish
Pepper, salt, seasoning, grinded fish
Sliced Okro
How to Cook Okro Soup:
Method 1
- Wash and slice okra into tiny pieces. Using a grater for this is faster and better.
- Boil your stock fish, meat, or chicken in a pot, add sliced onions, and season with salt and seasoning cubes.
- When your meat or chicken is cooked, add more water to it and bring it to a boil.
- Add other ingredients like oil, pepper, crayfish, and locust beans to it and more salt or seasoning cubes if necessary and stir.
- Leave for 5 minutes after adding the grated okra.
- Stir in your pumpkin leaf or washed bitter leaf.
- Stir your okra soup and let it cook for another 10 minutes.
Serve with hot fufu, semo, or eba.
Method 2: This method will make the soup less slimy.
- Wash and slice okra into tiny pieces. Using a grater for this is faster and better.
- Boil your meat or chicken in a pot, add sliced onions and season with salt and seasoning cubes.
- When your meat or chicken is cooked, pour it into a bowl. Heat up a cooking pot and add red palm oil.
- Add sliced onions and grated okra and stir.
- Pour your cooked meat back into the pot and stir.
- Add other ingredients like ground crayfish, pepper, locust beans, and more seasoning cubes if necessary, and stir. Bring the water to a boil.
- Add sliced pumpkin leaves and cook for 10 more minutes.
Serve with hot fufu, semo, or eba.
