Last week, I wrote about okra sauce, whose non-tomato version is known as "snot sauce" amongst volunteers. This week, I took some photos of a friend's okra sauce so that you could see what the basic okra sauce looks like and in doing so, understand how it got its nickname.
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| The traditional, basic okra sauce |
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| Here, my friend made her okra sauce more sophisticated by adding pureed basil leaves, hence the extra green color. |
Very green pictures! I have used okra to thicken my soups. I hope I forget the snot part!
ReplyDeleteOkra seems to have a bad reputation, but is a nice addition to vegetable soup.
ReplyDeletePesto can be made with the excess basil leaves. Could be a nice addition to some of the Beninese vegetables.
Jean Ralley
David brought some pesto when he visited, so I shared some with this friend so that she could see how we use basil in the US.
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