Soup
Sauce Gombo (Févi)

Sauce Gombo (Févi)

Benin

50Minutes
EasyLevel
5Serves
9Steps
About

A silky, drawing okra sauce known as févi among the Fon of Benin, loaded with smoked fish and dried shrimp and eaten with akassa or amiwo.

Equipment
  • Pot
  • Grater or blender
  • Wooden spoon
  • Knife
Ingredients
Okra400 g
Beef or goat400 g
Smoked fish2 pieces
Dried shrimp or ground crayfish3 tbsp
Onion1
Tomato1
Scotch bonnet1
Red palm oil1/3 cup
African mustard (afitin, optional)1 tbsp
Stock cube2
Saltto taste

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