Gumbo Soup

Recipe Credit: archived ICA website

Ingredients:
1/2 a pound or 225 grams of okra
2 tablespoons or 25 grams of margarine or butter
1/2 of a teaspoon of ground cinnamon
2 cups or 470 millilitres of chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste

Start by chopping the okra pods finely, ridding them of their stalks if these are still attached.

Melt the butter or margarine in a saucepan, putting in the chopped okra, cinnamon, stock and the salt and pepper. Cover the saucepan and bring the ingredients to a boil. Once it is boiling, turn down the heat to allow the soup to simmer for about 15-20 minutes.

Let the soup cool a little before you put it into a blender. Mix well and return the soup to the saucepan. Check the soup for seasoning and adjust as necessary. You may add stock or water or milk if the consistency or the seasoning requires it. Heat the soup once again and serve hot.

Serves 2 to 4 people.

The basis of this recipe comes from The New Internationalist FOOD Book, published by New Internationalist Publications Ltd. in 1990. Author – Troth Wells