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Brown meat
Brown meat with oil and onions until the onions soften and the meat starts to color.
brown
12:00
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
Recipe overview
What to know before you cook
Mullah ahmar tagalia is a Sudanese red stew built around meat, tomato, onion, and powdered dried okra. The okra powder thickens the sauce into the texture that makes kisra or gurasa essential.
What the dish tastes like
Sudanese red meat stew thickened with dried okra powder and seasoned with onion, tomato, garlic, and spices.
When to cook it
Best for Best for family lunch, Eid leftovers, and stew-and-bread meals., with a medium cooking level and about 100 minutes total.
What to serve alongside it
Kisra, gurasa, rice, or asida.
Regional lane
Sudan national table. A verified Sudan dish in the AfroKitchen archive.
Chef watch-outs
- 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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Chef board
Build the table around Mullah Ahmar Tagalia
Kisra, gurasa, rice, or asida.
Best route from here
Sudan national table
Collections to keep cooking
How to cook it
Step-by-step method
Keep the rhythm calm, watch the texture, and adjust seasoning at the end.
4 steps
100 min total
medium
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.