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Mullah Weika

Name: Mullah Weika
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sudan
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 15 Okra; 2 Onion; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Ground Coriander; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 600ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Beef stew thickened with dried okra powder — a traditional Sudanese stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mullah is the general name for Sudanese stews, and weika is dried, powdered okra. Beef or lamb is simmered with onion and tomato and given a distinctive silky stretch with the okra powder. Eaten with kisra or aseeda, it's an everyday taste of Sudanese homes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunch in a Sudanese home, a pot of thick, greenish stew sits beside stacked thin crêpes as the family tears pieces off by hand.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 400g
Okra 15
Onion 2
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Garlic 3 cloves
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Ground Coriander 1 tsp
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Water 600ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion until golden.
Add the small pieces of beef and stir-fry, then add the garlic, tomato paste, and spices.
Add water and salt, cover, and stew 1 hour.
Finely chop the okra and chop further with a knife to draw out the slime.
Add to the stew, stir, and simmer 10 minutes until thickened.

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