Smoky Okro Gravy
You have to love the power of social media hen. A while ago, I posted a picture of rice and egusi soup and asked about other soup/rice combos out there, most people who responded said rice and okro soup. I thought it was the most bizarre thing until I tried it, the deliciousness was epic. My experience inspired me to create an okra based sauce that is made specifically for rice.
What other soup/rice combos are out there? Recently heard of rice/okro 😳.
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Do try out this light and smoky recipe, you will thoroughly enjoy it
Okro Gravy
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups sliced okra
- 2 cups shredded smoked fish
- 10-12 shrimps (cleaned)
- 1 tablespoon flour (to thicken)
- 2 Cooking spoons Stew Base
- 2 cubes maggi
- salt – to taste
Instructions
- Place a large pot on medium-high heat, add in stew base and 4 cups of water. stir to combine.
- Add in salt, maggi and smoked fish. Cover and bring to a rolling boil.
- Add in okra and shrimps. stir gently to combine. Taste and adjust for seasoning. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Dissolve flour in 2 tablespoons of water and add it into the sauce. stir. cook for 1 more minute.
- Sauce is ready to serve. Serve with rice.
Babe it reminds me of one restaurant in VI, Same shishi with nice price. Its called Yellow Chilli and the name is called Sea Food Okoro with all the mede mede inside. People actually eat it on its own without the Eba self cause the size of the bowl na die. Guess who is typing? Never mind I am to type my name at the bottom……………
hahahhaha.. those people are chopping all the money abi. I need to visit.
Can this be eaten with eba?
yes it can
I’m from Imo state, Nigeria. I don’t know what it’s called. Will hav to ask my mother. Yours looks even better though. I’m an addict now.. To your blog. Amazing.
Hi.. This closely resembles a local dish from my village. We eat with boiled yam though. Love your blog.
What’s the food called? and where is your village?
Hello,I wanna try this but can I use fresh okra? In the picture it looks like you used dried okra. I don’t eat sea food,what can i substitute with the shrimps? Thanks
Dried okra will not work unfortunately. Use frozen whole okra if you can get those. Smoked turkey or precooked meat will work in place of seafood.
lovely
Thanks
I don’t know if I can try this one. Okro is drawy, surely draw stuff cannot go with rice lol. Maybe one day I will be brave enough.
That’s what I thought until I tried the combination, it works in a weird way. This recipe especially works because the okro is only briefly cooked, it remains crunchy and doesn’t really “draw”
pls whats a stew base
It’s the sauce used for Nigerian stew. you can find our recipe here
Nice. waiting for a reply to my message maa’m. love your blog.
done
Looks just like gumbo! Need to try it out. Yum…
exactly! do let us know how it turns out