Charmout

Name: Charmout
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Tchad
Ingredients: 200 g food-grade dried beef, already cooked, plain, no added sugar; 300 g chopped tomatoes; 150 g onion; 8 g garlic; 25 g tomato paste; 15 g food-grade dried okra powder; 20 ml oil; 800 ml water: reserve 100 ml for okra; 1 g black pepper; 0–2 g salt depending on meat salt content

🍲 Pounded dried beef, tomato and dried okra sauce.

Ingredients

200 g food-grade dried beef, already cooked, plain, no added sugar
300 g chopped tomatoes
150 g onion
8 g garlic
25 g tomato paste
15 g food-grade dried okra powder
20 ml oil
800 ml water: reserve 100 ml for okra
1 g black pepper
0–2 g salt depending on meat salt content

Preparation

Choose plain already-cooked dried beef sold for food and suitable for rehydrating in sauce. Check label and storage. Finely pound or chop with clean equipment and remove tough fibres. Chop onion and garlic.

Heat oil, cook onion 6 minutes and garlic 1 minute. Add beef and stir gently 2 minutes, then add 100 ml from the 700 ml water not reserved for okra.

Add tomatoes and paste and cook 8 minutes stirring. Add remaining 600 ml from that first water portion and simmer 25–35 minutes until meat fragments are rehydrated and tender, also following product directions.

Mix 15 g okra with reserved 100 ml water. Stir in gradually and simmer 10 minutes. Add pepper, taste and only add up to 2 g salt if necessary; dried beef may already salt the dish sufficiently.

Rest 5 minutes and divide into 4 sauce portions. Reference: 20 preparation, up to 65 cooking, 5 resting, total 90 minutes. This is not a method for drying raw meat at home.