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Delele

Name: Delele
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Zambia
Ingredients: 20 Okra; 1 Tomato; A pinch Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; 200ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chopped okra simmered with soda until slippery — Zambia's stretchy relish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Delele is an okra dish eaten in Zambia and across southern Africa: okra is finely chopped and simmered with a little baking soda or lye to bring out a silky, stretchy texture. It clings easily to nshima and slips down easily. Tomato or onion is sometimes added.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunch in a Zambian home, slippery green okra sits in a bowl as white paste is torn by hand and swirled through it.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Okra 20
Tomato 1
Baking Powder A pinch
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 200ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Finely chop the okra.
Bring water to a boil in a pot and add the okra and baking powder.
Simmer 5 minutes, stirring with a whisk, to draw out the slime.
Add the chopped tomato and simmer 3 minutes.
Season with salt.

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