How to Use Frying Method to Cook Okro Soup
I will be sharing how to cook okro soup with or without vegetables using the frying method. A lot of people have been looking for the right tips, ingredients and the process of cooking this soup.
Okro is a very popular plant in Nigeria which is actually a fruit because of its seed bearing nature. But over the years, it has also been considered as a vegetable because of it’s slimy nature which acts as a thickener in many delicacies.
Okro is mostly used in preparing different types of soups in Nigeria. Because of its popularity, any soup okro is present as an ingredient is assumed to be tasty and appealing.
Because of the widely usefulness okro, this leads us to a special cuisine which I will discuss in details below.
Cooking Okro Soup by Frying
Ingredients Needed
- Okro
- Fish (dry, fresh or smooked)
- Meat
- Seasoning
- Salt
- Pepper
- Onions
- Palm oil
- Crayfish
- Cowskin (ponmo)
- Stockfish
- Periwinkle (shelled)
Optional Ingredients
- Vegetable
- Hot leaf (uzazi, odusa)
- Periwinkle (unshelled)
- Snail
How to Prepare Okro Soup by Frying
Preparing the Ingredients
You will first of all have to prepare all the ingredients neatly to ensure an hygienic cooking condition.
Okro
Wash the okro thorough to remove all the first. Then process to slice it according to your preferred sizes.
Meat
You will need to start by cooking the meat to soften it. Add salt, pepper and seasoning as desired.
Onions
A moderately sized onion will be okay for a medium sized pot. The onion will be needed for frying and is not required to show on the soup. Slice the onions to very tiny sizes.
Onions
Periwinkle (shelled)
If you bought the uncut periwinkle, ensure you cut off the ends so it will come out while eating. Shelled periwinkle is always very dirty, even when it’s washed by the seller, ensure you wash it repeatedly till it’s completely clean.
Cut periwinkle
Cooking
- Put a sufficient amount of palm oil to the pot and heat it. Use medium to low low heat to avoid bleaching the oil.
- Add salt and onions to the oil and stir for some seconds.
- Add the already prepared meat with the water you used in cooking it. Be careful when adding this to avoid oil burns.
- Add the fish, stockfish, per, periwinkle, crayfish, cowskin, additional pepper, salt, and seasoning. Stir the content and taste to determine if everything is added in the right proportions. If any additional salt or pepper is nedeed you add it. Then cover the pot to bring it to boil.
- Once it boils, add the okro that have been already sliced but don’t cover the pot.
- Cook it for some minutes to allow the okro slime to mix up with the whole soup. This will act as a thickener for the soup.
- Once the soup is thick enough as you desire, taste if the okro is soft enough.
- Add the hot leaf and cook for a minute or two and your okro soup is done.
- If you want to add vegetable like pumpkin leaves, you can add it before adding the hot leaf.
- In the case that you want to add vegetable leaves, ensure you cook the leaves to softer finish.
Okro soup
Conclusion
Okro soup is a unique delicacy among the Nigerian people and it is one of the soup that is available in almost all the states in the country, especially the southern part of Nigeria.
I have breakdown the steps, ingredients and method of cooking okro soup by frying. All you need do is to read through the post carefully and implement what’s written down here. Also, you’re welcome to ask your questions on the comment section or send me a direct message using the contact page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you cover the pot while cooking Okro Soup?
Do not cover the pot while cooking okro, because this will make it lose the thickening strength of the okro.
Do You Wash Okro Before Frying?
Yes. Okro should be washed thoroughly before cooking to remove all the dirt and any insect or pest waste on it.
Do You Need to Boil Okro Before Frying?
No, this is not required. You will need to fry the oil first before adding the sliced or chopped okro.
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