Okra Plantain Porridge
Okra plantain porridge is a typical Nigerian food prepared from unripe plantain and okra. It is easy to prepare.
Easy
🍚 NigerianTotal Time
15 minutes
Servings
2-3
Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1
1 unripe plantain, peeled and diced
2
1 cup water
3
1 dried catfish, cleaned
4
1 stock cube
5
2 onions, sliced
6
200g palm oil
7
100g okra, grated
8
20g ugu leaves, rinsed and chopped
9
¼ tsp salt
10
1 tablespoon chile-tomato purée (see note)
Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1
Combine the plantain and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 3–5 minutes.
3–5 minutes
2
Add the catfish, stock cube, onions, palm oil, okra, and ugu leaves. Stir until a porridge is formed, then cook for an additional 5 minutes.
5 minutes
3
Season with the salt and chile-tomato. Serve hot.
Notes
- •The chile-tomato purée is a product commonly available in Nigerian supermarkets. It consists of puréed tomato and chile pepper, sometimes with onion and/or red bell pepper added. It may also be called something like "tomato stew mix", "tomato mix", "tomato and pepper mix", or ata lilo. You can make it yourself at home by puréeing the ingredients together and simmering to reduce it slightly, though you will have to determine the ratios yourself. One place to start is 40% tomato + 30% bell pepper + 20% onion + 10% scotch bonnet chile,[1] but other recipes do exist.[2]