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Okra or Okro soup is prepared using the edible green seed pods of the okra flowering plant as a primary ingredient. Other vegetables can be added to the soup as well, such as ewedu, kerenkere, or Ugu leaf. Depending on the specific variant being prepared, okra soup can have a clear broth or be deep green in colour, much like the okra plant itself.
Okra, ogbono seeds or ewedu leaves. Draw soup is the name of soups from the southeastern and southwestern parts of Nigeria [ 1] that are made from okra, ogbono ( Irvingia gabonensis), or ewedu leaves (jute). [ 2] The name derives from the thick viscosity characteristic of the broth as it draws out of the bowl when eaten either with a spoon or ...
Common Ghanaian soups are groundnut soup, [12] light (tomato) soup, [12] kontomire (taro leaves) soup, palm nut soup, [13] ayoyo soup and okra soup. Ghanaian tomato stew or gravy is a stew that is often served with rice or waakye. Other vegetable stews are made with kontomire, garden eggs, egusi (pumpkin seeds), spinach, okra, etc.
Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun Cuisine, p. 135 Gumbo is a heavily seasoned stew that combines several varieties of meat or seafood with a sauce or gravy. Any combination of meat or seafood can be used. Meat-based gumbo may consist of chicken, duck, squirrel, or rabbit, with oysters occasionally added. Seafood-based gumbo generally has shrimp, crab meat, and sometimes oysters. Andouille ...
It is sometimes cooked with tomatoes, corn, onions and hot peppers. In West Africa and in African-American cuisine, okra is used to thicken stews and soups. [86] In Gullah communities, cooked okra soup is prepared with "...tomatoes, and smoked meat served over rice." [87] Fried okra: Okra pods that have been sliced and dredged in cornmeal ...
Banku (dish) In Ghanaian cuisine, banku and akple (// ⓘ) are swallow dishes made of a slightly fermented cooked mixture of maize and cassava doughs formed into single-serving balls. Banku is cooked in hot water until it turns into a smooth, whitish paste, [1][2][3] served with soup, okra stew or a pepper sauce with fish. [4][5]
Ewedu soup: made from cooked and grated Corchorus leaves with or without a small quantity of egusi and/or locust beans. [30] Gbegiri Soup: [31] made from dried beans. [32] Okro soup: made from okra. [33] Ogbono soup: made from ground ogbono seeds and a mixture of palm oil, stock fish and locust beans (irú) added as garnish. [34]
Pounded yam. A plate of food; pounded yam and soup. Pounded yam (Yoruba: Iyán, Hausa: sakwara, Igbo: Utara-ji) is a Nigerian swallow or Okele food. [1][2] It is traditionally prepared by pounding boiled yam with mortar and pestle. [3][4] Pounded yam is similar to mashed potatoes but heavier in consistency.