Supakanja or Superkanja refers to
Okra Stew, one of the best known authentic dishes from Gambia, aside from Domada,
benachin,
Yassa, etc.
Supakanja is traditionally cooked with okra (also known as "lady's fingers", palm oil, smoked fish and lean beef. Shrimps and crabs can also be added to this dish. Supakanja is served with plain boiled rice or
Fufu.
One of my favorite
vegetables is Okra, it is always available fresh in the Philippines and I have to boil them and make a
sauce of kalamansi and
bagoong (fish paste) to have a nice Okra
salad. In native
Filipino restaurants, boiled okra is alway in the
menu. In
Germany, I am not yet lucky enough to find fresh Okra, but I can buy them in cans (salted with some
slices of
tomatoes) in a nearby Iranian store. I just open the can and eat the okra with freshly cooked white rice.For my next vacation in the Philippines, I will definitely cook this dish as smoked fish crabs and shrimps are also abundant and can always be purchased in the local markets. I am excited to
cook this
food!.
This dish means Okra
stew is
traditionally cooked with 'lady's fingers', palm oil, smoked fish & beef and served with rice or Fufu.
Cooking
Ingredients:
1. 2lbs of lean
beef
2. 1lb smoked fish
3. 2 cups palm oil
4. 2lbs cut okra
5. 1/4tsp of
baking powder
6. 2 large onions chopped
7. 8 cups water
8. Salt and pepper to
taste
Cooking Method:
1. Wash and cut
meat into
bite size pieces.
2. In a large pan, boil fish and meat in
water for 15 minutes, then remove the fish.
3. Add
onions,
salt,
pepper and
okras.
4. Simmer for 15 minutes and then add palm oil.
5. Reduce heat and
simmer for 20 minutes stirring occasionally.
6. Add
fish and continue
simmering in low heat for 10 minutes.
Note:
shrimps and
crabs can also be added to this dish.
Serve with plain boiled
rice or Fufu.
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