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Fetri Detsi

Name: Fetri Detsi
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Togo
Ingredients: 20 Okra; 300g Beef; 200g White Fish Fillet; 2 Tomato; 1 Onion; 1 Chili pepper; 1 piece Ginger; 2 tbsp Palm oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 800ml Water

Soup

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Okra, meat, and fish stewed with tomato — Togo's stretchy soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Fetri detsi means 'okra soup' in Ewe, a traditional Togolese dish. Chopped okra is stewed with beef, smoked fish, crab, tomato, and chili into a stretchy soup. It's eaten with akoumé and also made on Sundays and celebration days.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch in Togo, a big bowl of stretchy okra soup is set before the family with white corn paste.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Okra 20
Beef 300g
White Fish Fillet 200g
Tomato 2
Onion 1
Chili pepper 1
Ginger 1 piece
Palm oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Water 800ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into bite-size pieces and simmer 30 minutes with half the onion, the ginger, salt, and water.
Blend the tomatoes, remaining onion, and chili, add, and simmer 10 minutes.
Add the fish and simmer 10 minutes.
Finely chop the okra, add it, and add the palm oil.
Simmer 5 minutes until stretchy.

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