CHILI OKRA WITH PAP ON THE AFRICAN MENU

I remember growing up in a home where our staple food or every second day meal was pap and some other kind of vegetable with beef.We would eat the other kind of fancy meals on Sunday. So you will find that most of the African meals I am going to share with you have pap.

TODAY ON THE AFRICAN MENU

Today on the AFRICAN menu I am doing my father's favourite dish.  Chili Okra with Pap.


INGREDIENTS FOR OKRA DISH

Take 1 kg or 500 g of okra.
A half teaspoon of bicarbonate soda.
One whole tomato.
One whole chilly pepper.

INGREDIENTS FOR PAP AND PREPARATION METHOD

When making pap you need to  measure the quantity by the number of people you are preparing it for.
Take a good size pot.
Take 250g of mealie meal and mix with water.

Take 350g of mealie meal.
Take 2 L of water,boil the water and add the 250 g mixture of mealie meal into the boiling water
stir until the mixture is thick and starts to bubble like its boiling.
Leave it covered for 5 minutes.
Take your 350 g of mealie meal add to the bubbling mixture stir and mix real hard with a flat wooden cooking spoon.
Keep mixing and mixing as it is cooking, and monitor the heat levels.
Close the pot and let it seamier for 5 minutes and stir real hard for at least 2 minutes close the pot and let it seamier some more for 5 minutes .
Stir the mixture until you can see and smell that it is cooked and ready to serve.

PREPARATION METHOD FOR OKRA

Take your okra cut it into pieces.
Take your whole tomato and cut it into pieces.
Take your chilly pepper and cut it into pieces.
Boil 250 ml of water on the stove, put 1/2 a teaspoon bicarbonate soda into the boiling water
Place the okra into the boiling soda mixed water.
Put enough salt to taste.
Let it cook for 2 minutes then add the tomato and The chopped chilly and let it cook for 20 minutes.
Keep stirring to make sure that the okra does not burn.

READY TO SERVE HOT WITH HOT PAP