Niger Okra Soup

Servings: 5-10

Ingredients:

3 pounds beef, optionally, fish or goat meat

1 cup dried crayfish, optionally dried shrimp

2 pounds okra, chopped or ground in a blender

1 teaspoon dried red pepper, powdered or

Crushed, optional, chopped or

Ground red bell pepper

2 tablespoons salt

1 medium onion, chopped

4 tablespoons red palm oil

Spinach, chopped

7 cups water

Cooking Instructions:

Cut beef in small pieces. Place in skillet with water. Add onion and salt. Boil for 15 to 25 minutes. Add okra and stir until blended in. Add the remaining ingredients, stir and cook for 10 more minutes. Serve warm with Inyan (Pounded Yam), Pounded Cassava, or Eba (fried grated cassava).

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