"Recipe of the Day, Week No. 69: (Okra Soup Recipe)"

It's another time of the day to explore through new flavors and master cooking techniques from @adylinah's food blog.

The recipe on the menu for 15-07-2025 was okra soup. There are many ways to prepare okra soup and this depends on the type of ingredients especially proteins. I love using goat meat in my soups but decided to try something different this week. I made used of beef intestine in order to give the soup different flavor.

Raw ingredients

Below are the list of complete ingredients used in making this delicious pot of delicacy and the preparation procedures;

• Okra
• Beef intestine
• Cow skin
• Pumpkin leaf
• Smoked fish
• Stock fish
• Fresh pepper
• Salt
• Maggi
• Onions
• Periwinkle
• Crayfish
• Palm oil

Preparation Procedures

Use hot water to wash the beef intestine properly. Put them into the pot and season with onions, fresh pepper, maggi and salt.

About to steam

Continue steaming by adding cow skin and stock fish then add periwinkle after 5 minutes.

Adding stock fish and cow skin

Pour palm oil (red oil) into the steamed protein and continue to boil.

Adding palm oil

Add other ingredients like; salt and maggi then a cup of water. Water should depend on the quantity of okra.

Adding maggi

Add fresh pepper and the smoked fish.

Adding smoked fish

Allow the ingredients to boil together before adding crayfish.

Adding crayfish

Pour in the okra and allow it to boil.

Added okra

Lastly, add sliced pumpkin leaf ( green vegetable) to make it more color, healthy and balanced.

Added leaf

Here's the result;

The outcome

Easy to prepare, enjoyable and healthy.

I will invite @chant, @josepha and @shiftitamanna to join the recipe of the day contest.