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Cook the okra
Heat palm oil. Add okra and fry, stirring, for 10 minutes until it becomes slimy and deep green.
Fry okra
10:00
A thick, slimy okra soup enriched with palm oil, dried fish, and seafood. The okra gives it a distinctive silky, mucilaginous texture.
Supakanja is the everyday okra soup of Gambia. The word "kanja" refers to okra, and this soup celebrates the vegetable in its full glory — the silky, slippery texture is considered a virtue, not a flaw.
A thick, slimy okra soup enriched with palm oil, dried fish, and seafood. The okra gives it a distinctive silky, mucilaginous texture.
Best for Everyday meals, with a medium cooking level and about 60 minutes total.
White rice or fufu
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