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Fetri Detsi (Okra Stew)

Name: Fetri Detsi (Okra Stew)
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ghana
Ingredients: 500g okra, chopped; Palm oil; 1 onion; Tomatoes, scotch bonnet; Smoked fish; Crab or shrimp; Salt, stock cube

Ewe silky okra stew with smoked fish, crab and palm oil — a Volta essential with akple.

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1h 4 servings Easy

Ingredients

500g okra, chopped
Palm oil
1 onion
Tomatoes, scotch bonnet
Smoked fish
Crab or shrimp
Salt, stock cube

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Fry onion in palm oil; add blended tomato-pepper; simmer 10 min.

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1
Fry onion in palm oil; add blended tomato-pepper; simmer 10 min.
2
Stir in okra; cook till it releases its silk, about 15 min.
3
Add smoked fish and crab with a splash of water.
4
Simmer 15 min; serve alongside akple or banku.