Sudan | Stew

Mullah Ahmar Tagalia

Sudanese red meat stew thickened with dried okra powder and seasoned with onion, tomato, garlic, and spices.

Country
Sudan
Region
North Africa
Time
100 min
Serves
6
Level
medium
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4 steps 20 min prep 80 min cook (check method) 100 min total medium
1
Brown meat
Brown meat with oil and onions until the onions soften and the meat starts to color.
brown 12:00
2
Simmer red base
Add garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, spices, salt, and water, then simmer until meat is tender.
simmer 55:00
3
Thicken with okra
Whisk dried okra powder with cool broth and stir it into the pot.
thicken 08:00
4
Finish slowly
Simmer gently until the stew thickens and tastes rounded.
finish 10:00

Dried okra powder may be called waika, and the stew can be red with tomato or pale and yogurt-based in other mullah styles.

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Best for family lunch, Eid leftovers, and stew-and-bread meals.. Plan on a medium cook. Allow about 100 minutes total.

What to serve alongside it

Kisra, gurasa, rice, or asida.

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Sudan national table. A structured Sudan dish in the AfroKitchen archive.

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  • Stopping the base before the pepper, onion, or spice edge has mellowed.
  • Thinning the pot before the body of the soup or stew has developed.
  • Rushing the rest or fermentation period.
How you know it is ready
  • The sauce should coat the spoon and taste rounded, not watery or raw.
  • The bread or batter should smell pleasantly fermented, toasted, or nutty rather than floury.
  • The aroma should smell rounded rather than raw or sharp.
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