Okra Seafood Gumbo is our recipe for the weekend. There are many diverse ways of preparing this soup across Africa, along with a host of variances with the associated ingredients.

Seafood and Okra Gumbo consists of okra, pumpkin leaves, and onions, steamed with fresh and/or smoked seafood. Then seasoned with as much or as little scotch bonnet peppers as dictated by one’s choice.

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The trademark of this soup is its slimy texture. In Nigeria, seafood gumbo with okra is sometimes referred to as Draw Soup. To achieve more draw or slime, just cut the okra finely.

The finer the okro, the slimier the resulting soup. For even more slime, chop finely, and then pound the okra. This recipe is not only mouth-watering but nutritious. Okra has amazing health benefits.

African Okra Nutritional Properties

The okra pod is the seamless diet food. Low in calories, it contains about 20 calories per 100 g of cooked okra, and high in fiber.

It contains also healthy quantities of vitamins C, A, and flavonoid antioxidants which are vital for good vision.

The Okra pod is high in folates, which helps to decrease the incidence of neural tube defects in unborn babies

Besides, Okra also known as lady finger is highly recommended for weight loss due to its low calorie and high fiber content.

Lady finger okra water is another method of enjoying the seed pod, because it helps to reduce symptoms of diabetes.

Okra is also widely recommended to help stabilize blood sugar in diabetics, because of its mucilaginous properties.

The high fiber content helps to slow the pace at which sugars are absorbed by the body.

Seafood okra gumbo soup and Amala or with cornmeal (Agidi) are mostly giving to a sick person because it is an easy and light food to eat.

Seafood Okra Gumbo Recipe

Ingredient

8-10 pieces of Okra

Fresh pepper

2 cloves of Ginger

1 bulb Onions

Prawns

Fish

½ cup Palm oil

Ugu leave

2 teaspoon Crayfish

Method