Liberian okra stew

Today’s stew, enjoyed widely in Sierra Leone, with variations all over West Africa, is made of a smooth okra and eggplant sauce simmered gently with beef. Sounds simple enough, but the fact is, okra makes for a thick and slick sauce. This texture some would call slimy, is considered a real asset in African cooking, but one that is very foreign to my western family.

Simple stewed okra recipe that is few in ingredients but big on flavor for a classic Southern side dish.

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Ogbono Soup is a delicious Nigerian soup recipe but do you know that you can add Okra to it? This gives you the opportunity to have more vegetables in the soup.

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A slight change to the Traditional Liberian dish with affordability Okra is a common dish in West Africa - actually perhaps all of Africa and even Asia. However I wanted to come to you with

Bitter Leaf soup is a robust West African soup, predominant in countries like Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana.This dish is neither a soup nor sauce, but something in between – a slightly soupy vegetable that is served to accompany starchy food like fufu.

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This is a recipe for an okra stew from Lebanon. Although the recipe includes lamb, it can easily be made vegetarian/vegan by omitting the lamb (see tip below).

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When this spicy stew's simmering on the stove, my family has a hard time waiting for dinner. It's much like a thick tomato-based soup with a hearty mix of okra, brown rice and beans. Everyone leaves the table feeling satisfied—and eager to have it again soon. —Beverly McDowell, Athens, Georgia

Fish sauce and nutty palm oil flavor this luscious stew, undoubtedly a predecessor of Louisiana-style gumbo.

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