BELLE'S OKRA
SOUP
Yes! I am back but part – time. I have a
lot going on in my life at the moment – work, childbirth, family and school - Multitasking Career Woman! Time management
is something I know how to do best but having a newborn and a 2 year old to
look after, really it seems I have forgotten what it means to manage time.
My son is a very picky eater and this
drives me mental. I am always on my toes trying new recipes so he can eat
something everyday; but I have just given up struggling to figure what he
likes. I create different recipe almost every other day, most of them are easy to
prepare and they taste heavenly. Here is one of them – Belle’s Okra Soup
Ingredients
1kg Okra
2 Fresh or frozen Mackerel fish
Mackerel fish stock
1 medium size Onion
3 cubes of knorr
Salt
Water
A cup of Palm oil
Procedure
- Wash, clean and slice the mackerel. Put into a pot, add 1 cubes of knorr, and slice in a quarter of the onion. Add a pinch of salt and cook till properly done.
- Bring the fish out of the pot, pour the stock into a bowl and set aside.
- Remove all the bones from the fish just like in the photo (remember this is for the kids, so one has to carefully remove the bones); then set it aside
- Cut the Okra and the remaining onions just as seen in the photo or as you want it.
- Now put these ingredients in a dried pot, add oil. Then allow it to heat for few seconds. Add the diced onions and fry for about a minute.
- Add 2/3 of the okra into the pot. Add the remaining knorr cube, stir at intervals and allow it to fry. Cook until the okra mixes properly with the oil and becomes slimy.
- Then add the fish into Okra, mash it into the okra so one barely notices the fish.
- Pour in the fish stock, turn and taste for salt. If not satisfied with the taste, add salt or another knorr cube.
- Finally add the remaining Okra, this is to give it that special very fresh looks.
- Then Stir and taste at different intervals as need be…
This could take about 20 – 30 mins to get
done.
