SEAFOOD OKRA RECIPE
Seafood okra turns any meal into a special occasion, especially when paired with hot Semovita!
Ingredients
- 50 pieces of okra
- 2 medium Catfish or Croaker
- 2 cups shrimp or prawns
- 2 cups of deshelled clams or periwinkles
- 1 cup of crayfish
- 1 kg beef
- ¼ cup palm oil
- uziza leaves
- 3 large fresh yellow pepper
- 1 large size onion
- Habanero pepper (according to your taste)
- Seasoning
- Salt to taste
Instructions
PRE-COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
- Cut and wash the fish properly with hot water.
- Devein the shrimps or prawns.
- Divide the okra into 2 portions, slice half in circles and grate the other half
- Blend the habanero and yellow peppers and set aside
- Chop the uziza leaves and set aside.
- Chop the onions into desirable sizes.
- Marinate the beef with seasoning, onions, pepper, salt and parboil without adding water, the beef will generate its water.
- In a separate pot, add the catfish (or any fresh fish of your choice). Marinate with seasoning, onions, pepper, and salt, add water and cook for 5 minutes. Gently remove the fish from the pot to avoid disintegration.
- Combine the fish and beef stock into one pot, add the shrimp or prawns, clams and periwinkles and cook for 5 minutes, take them out from the stock.
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
- In your main cooking pot, add the red palm oil, once it heats up, add onions, and fry for a bit.
- Add the grated okra, turn it to combine thoroughly with the red oil, cover and allow it to heat up.
- Add the stock and stir to combine perfectly with the okra.
- Add the peppers and other seasonings.
- Add the sliced okra
- Add the uziza leaves, stir and add all the proteins (beef, fish, shrimp, periwinkle etc).
- Cover and cook for 1 minute maximum.
- Turn off the heat and your seafood okra soup is ready.
- Serve with Golden Penny Semovita
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