Title: West African Okra Soup with Fufu
Categories: African, Soups, Beef, Chicken
Yield: 6 Servings
OKRA SOUP:
20 oz Okra, trimmed and chopped
1/2 lb Beef steak, cut into pieces
1 ts Garlic powder
1/2 Onion, chopped
1/2 ts Salt to taste
6 c Water
1/8 c Canola oil (palm oil is
-traditional)
1 Bouillon chicken stock
Cube
3 tb Maggi seasoning sauce
1 ds Red pepper to taste
FUFU:
3 c Farina or yam or garri
(cassava) flour
6 c Water
Season beef with onion, garlic, & salt in 4-6 quart pot. Add
water. Bring to a boil and then cook on medium heat for 40
minutes. Add oil, maggi cubes, maggi seasoning sauce, red pepper.
Boil on medium heat about 12 minutes. Stir in okra and boil on
medium heat about 10 minutes. The okra soup is finished!
Make the Fufu: Boil water then reduce heat and stir in farina (or
yam or garri) flour. Stir constantly 2 minutes adding water as
needed. Should look like stiff mashed potatoes. Scoop onto a wet
plate with wet wooden spoon. Shape into a big ball for each
person. For kids, roll into lots of 1 inch sized balls so they can
dip it in their soup and swallow it easily.
