Swala

🥣 Light okra, onion and tomato soup using measured food-grade bicarbonate.

Ingredients

• 500 g cleaned fresh okra without tough ends
• 100 g peeled chopped onion
• 200 g diced tomato
• 1 litre drinking water, plus a little as needed
• 10 ml sunflower oil
• 0.5 g food-grade sodium bicarbonate
• Up to 1 g salt

Preparation

Wash whole okra, remove tough ends, weigh 500 g usable and slice thin rounds; prepare onion and tomato.

Put water, onion and precisely weighed food-grade bicarbonate in a large pan. Bring to boil about 5 minutes, leaving room for foam.

Add okra, simmer about 15 minutes until tender, stirring gently. Keep soup consistency with hot water if needed.

Add tomato and measured oil, simmer 5 minutes more until tomato is cooked without reducing to paste.

Taste and salt only as needed; test a round for tenderness, extend gently if necessary.

Divide 4 starter bowls. This adaptation replaces ash kombo with food-grade bicarbonate, without meat, peanuts or cereal.