Soupou Kanja (Okra & Seafood Stew)

Soup

Senegal

75Minutes

MediumLevel

6Serves

9Steps

A glossy, palm-oil-slicked okra stew from Senegal's Wolof and Lebou coast, loaded with fresh and smoked fish and eaten over rice.

Fresh okra500 g

Fresh fish steaks (grouper or snapper)600 g

Smoked fish1 cup

Dried shrimp½ cup

Palm oil½ cup

Onion1

Garlic3 cloves

Ground dried chilli1 tsp

Scotch bonnet1

Nététou (fermented locust bean, optional)1 tsp

Stock cubes2

Water5 cups

Saltto taste

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