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Soupou Kandja

Name: Soupou Kandja
Total time: 75 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Senegal
Ingredients: 20 Okra; 2 White Fish Fillet; 200g Beef; 2 tbsp Dried shrimp; 1 Onion; 4 tbsp Palm oil; 1 Red Chili Pepper; 1 tsp Fish sauce; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 75 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Okra, fish, and meat stewed in palm oil until silky — a traditional Senegalese stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Soupou kandja means 'okra soup,' but it's really a rich stew served over rice. Its hallmarks are the thick body from finely chopped okra and the distinctive aroma of red palm oil, with layers of flavor from smoked or dried fish, beef, and seafood. It's a deeply nourishing traditional dish that spread from southern Senegal.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a market eatery, kandja glistening with bright orange palm oil is ladled generously over rice as regulars eat in silence.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Okra 20
White Fish Fillet 2
Beef 200g
Dried shrimp 2 tbsp
Onion 1
Palm oil 4 tbsp
Red Chili Pepper 1
Fish sauce 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into bite-size pieces and boil in 800ml water for 20 minutes.
Trim the okra and chop finely or pound.
Add the chopped onion, dried shrimp, and red chili to the pot and simmer 10 minutes.
Add the chopped okra and palm oil and simmer 15 minutes, stirring, until thick.
Add the white fish, simmer 10 minutes until cooked, and season with fish sauce and salt.
Ladle generously over rice.

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