Soupou Kanja [african / Senegal]
From abdoul 14 years ago
- 1 hour to make
- Serves 2
This is one of my favorite Senegalese dish and personally I love it. My wife (Scottish) always ask for it, so that gives an idea of how good it might taste .. you've got to try it at least once :) This is my own version of Soupou Kanja . Read more . just the way I like it . See less
Ingredients
For the rice
- 1 mug of rice (basmati or thai) shopping list
- 1 1/2 mug of water (use same mug as the rice but usually 1 volume of rice for 1 1/2 volume of water.. may vary depending on rice used) shopping list
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil shopping list
- salt shopping list
For the Sauce
- 300 g of okra - washed then roughly chopped (can be found in asian or african food stores) shopping list
- 300 g of diced lamb (mix of neck & shoulder) shopping list
- 100 g of diced prawns shopping list
- 1 Tbsp of palm oil (from asian or african food stores) shopping list
- 2 onions (finely chopped) . leave some on the side. shopping list
- 1 diced potato shopping list
- 3 cloves of garlic (finely chopped) shopping list
- 1 carrot cut lengthwise shopping list
- 1 scotch bonnet (for extra flavoring ) shopping list
- 1 maggi seasoning cube shopping list
- 1 1/2 Litre of water (hot) shopping list
- 2 Tbsp of fish sauce shopping list
- 1 Tbsp of concentrate tomato shopping list
- 1 Tbsp of veg oil shopping list
- salt shopping list
How to make it
For the Rice
- 1. Wash the rice several times till the water is no longer cloudy.
- 2. If you are using a rice cooker, add water + 2 pinch of salt + oil in the cooker.
- 3. Cook without the lid till water start boiling
- 4. Put the lid on, till it's cooked .
- Note: If you're not using a rice cooker, bring the rice to a boil at medium heat , cover with lid and reduce heat. Cook for another 15minutes.
For the Sauce
- 1. prepare all the vegetables : onions, carrot, potato, okra
- 2. heat oil in a pan and add lamb with a pinch of salt & pepper.
- 3. few minutes later, add onions and stir with lamb. cook till soft.
- 4. add tomato concentrate. cook for 3-4 minutes
- 5. add water and simmer for 20-30minutes (or till meat is cooked)
- 6. add potato, carrot, scotch bonnet (do not break it or pierce it !!). simmer 20min
- 7. add mix of : okra, handful of chopped onion, garlic, maggi cube all combined together (use a mixer)
- 8. add prawns. simmer 10min
- 9. add palm oil, stir and check seasoning. At this stage remove the scotch bonnet.
- 10. serve with rice (use a mold for presentation).
- 11. Soupou Kanja with rice & veg. Done !
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Great first post....sounds flavorful!
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I made this tonight and it was my first known trip into Senegal! :) I had to play with things, slightly, for translation or availability purposes. I used young venison instead of lamb, I had to sub anchovy paste and a splash of soy based sauce for ...more
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