Banku and Okro soup - African Food Recipe

Printable recipe at: http://www.kadiafricanrecipes.com

Today we are going to make Banku which is a fufu-like , it is made from fermented cassava and corn dough. We will serve the Banku with an okra soup. So I am going to show you how to cook banku and okro soup in this episode.

Ingredients:
400g of corn flour

600g of grated cassava or 400g of cassava flour (recommended)

cup of water

1 tsp of salt
For the okro soup :

200g of fresh okra, chopped

200g of meat (any meat beef, goat...), cut into small pieces

1 full cup of dried shrimp or one smoked fish

2 or 3 tbsp of palm oil

1 onion, sliced

1 large eggplant or 2 garden eggs

1 tsp grated ginger (optional)

1 large tomato, mashed

tsp of baking soda

Chili pepper, to taste

Salt to taste

3to 4 cups of water