Okra and meat stew with rice

This okra and meat stew is a well-known traditional Southern Sudanese dish. Most frequently eaten with asida or kisra (Sudanese flatbreads), it is often eaten with rice as well.

Credit: Jiwon Kim

• serves

  4

• prep

  15 minutes

• cook

  20 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 large onions, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 300 g lamb, cut into 4 cm chunks
• ¼ cup dill leaves, roughly chopped
• ¼ cup coriander leaves, roughly chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 long red chilli, finely chopped
• Chilli powder, to taste (optional)
• 1 beef stock cube
• 500 g okra, trimmed, halved
• 3 – 4 cups boiling water
• Steamed jasmine rice, to serve

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Add the onion and salt and cook, stirring, until golden. Stir through the tomatoes and cook until softened, followed by the tomato paste. Cook for a further minute.
   
2. Add the lamb and herbs to the pan and mix for 2 minutes, followed by the garlic, chilli and chilli powder to taste (if using!). Crumble in the beef stock cube, mix well to combine and allow the meat to cook for 3 minutes.
   
3. Add the okra to the pan and pour in enough boiling water to cover the meat and vegetables. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
   
4. Serve the okra and meat stew with jasmine rice.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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