GHANA RECIPES (OKRO STEW)

Okro stew is made with palm oil, hot peppers, okro (type of green vegetable), tomatoes, and onions. Okro stew is a favorite dish in the Greater Accra region but you can find this dish in almost all areas in Ghana. You can make the Okro stew with goat meat, beef, pork, fish or any other meat of your choice.

For those of you that are vegetarian, you may follow this same recipe, just omit the meat. You can add other vegetables like chopped egg plants, yellow squash, or chopped spinach, and vegetable both for extra flavor. Using fish will add extra flavor.

Ingredients:

5 slices of fish
1 1/2 pound chopped okro (okra)
1 28oz can of tomato puree or 4 medium fresh tomatoes
1 large white/red onion

½ tsp ground hot pepper
3/4 cup Palm Oil
½ tsp salt for taste

Stock Cube (Or your choice of seasoning)

Method:

Heat the palm oil in a pot. This kind of oil burns pretty quick so you have to pay attention to it. Add the chopped onions and fry until they are soft and begin to turn brown (this should take about a minute or two).

Add the pepper and wait 5 seconds and then add the tomatoes. Let it cook until the liquid evaporates. The palm oil will rise to the top when the water evaporates.

When you begin to see the palm oil rising to the top, you may add the fish or your meat of choice to the pot.

In a separate pot, put the chopped okro (okra). Add about 1 ½ to 2 cups of water and a ½ of teaspoon of baking soda and let it come to a boil. Stir frequently until it gets really thick and slimy. The reason for the baking soda is to get the okra thick and slimier.

Serve with any type of swallow of your choice.