Oil Less Okra Soup Recipe: How to Make Okra Soup Without Palm Oil

Oil less okra soup is a very simple, plain and green soup prepared without palm oil, it is tasty and just like any other vegetable soup. If you have been looking for a healthy way to cook okra soup, this very okra soup recipe is for you, palm oil is not added to it and you will still get the best taste.

In this oil less okra soup, I used goat meat, dried fish and fresh mackerel, other things like crab, shrimp and fresh fish could be added too if you have them handy; feel free to use your preferred meat to make this. You can even skip the goat meat and use only fish to cook this soup if that is what you love.

I love okra soup with uziza, the flavour and the heat this leaf add to the soup makes it even more unique; you might want to use ugu or spinach, they still work for this soup.

Oil less okra soup, is the one soup I never like while growing up, there is nothing you will give to convince me to eat okra soup, not even the one without palm oil. But today, eat everything, provided it is nutritious and not harmful and as a foodie, I try out different recipes, both familiar and new, and all I can say is I love food and will always want to cook unfamiliar food anytime any day. This oil less okra soup is so green and lush and yet very easy to prepare, below are all the ingredients I used, the steps are listed below. For a better explanation, watch the YouTube video above on how to make oil free okra soup. Also, see how to make seafood okra soup here

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Oil less okra soup ingredients

4 cups of chopped okra
1kg goat meat
1 medium mackerel
3 medium catfish
cup ground crayfish
1 medium onion
4 stock cubes
A handful of uziza leaves
3 scotch bonnet or cayenne pepper
Salt to taste

Ingredient for oil less okra soup

Steps on how to make oil less okra soup

Wash goat meat into a medium pot, season with 2 stock cubes, onion, pepper and salt.
Add water and place the meat on heat to cook, this might take up to 20 minutes to become soft
While the meat is cooking, chop okra and uziza leaves , blend crayfish and debone the catfish and set all aside.
when the meat is half way done, add the mackerel and the dried fish to it and cook until it is properly soft.
Once you are sure the fish is cooked, Remove from the boiling stock to prevent it from crumbling when stirring, add the chopped okra, and stir
Season the soup with crayfish, more stock cubes, pepper, stir and taste for salt. You can add a little water just enough for the quantity of okra you preparing , that is if the stock has reduced.
Add the shredded uziza leaves, return the boiled fish to the soup and stir it properly to incorporate.
Taste for salt and leave the soup to simmer on low heat for 5 minutes or until the okra is slightly soft.
Your oil less okra soup is ready, serve as it is or with your favourite swallow.

How to make oil les okra soup with pictures

1. Wash goat meat into a medium pot, season with 2 stock cubes, onion, pepper and salt.

2. Add water and place the meat on heat to cook, this might take up to 20 minutes to become soft

Cooking of goat meat for okra soup

3. While the meat is cooking, chop okra and uziza leaves , blend crayfish and debone the catfish and set all aside.

Chopped okra and Uziza. If you like your okra crunchy, use hand to chop them

4. when the meat is half way done, add the mackerel and the dried fish to it and cook until it is properly soft.

It is best to add the fish when the harder meat is almost cooked, in this way, the fish won;t scatter in the soup while stirring

5. Once you are sure the fish is cooked, Remove from the boiling stock to prevent it from crumbling when stirring, add the chopped okra, and stir.

The chopped okra is added once the fish is taken out

6. Season the soup with crayfish, more stock cubes, pepper, stir and taste for salt. You can add a little water just enough for the quantity of okra you preparing , that is if the stock has reduced.