Dishes made with okra
11 dishes from around the world that list okra as a main ingredient.
Peanut stew
🇸🇳 Senegal and 5 moreA rich West African stew of meat and vegetables in a spiced peanut sauce
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Kpekpele
🇬🇭 GhanaSteamed and fermented cornmeal eaten with palm nut soup and smoked fish
Main dish
Gumbo
🇺🇸 United StatesA hearty Louisiana stew thickened with roux, okra, or filé, served with rice
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Peanut soup
🇬🇭 Ghana and 5 moreA rich, spicy soup made from peanuts, common in West African cooking
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Asam pedasاسم ڤدس
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreA sour and spicy fish stew from maritime Southeast Asia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Türlü
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 moreA baked stew of mixed vegetables, sometimes with meat, from Turkey and the Balkans
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Fish head curryFish or seafoodkari kepala ikan
🇸🇬 Singapore and 2 moreRed snapper head stewed in spiced curry with vegetables
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Nasi kandarناسي كاندر
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 2 moreSteamed rice with mixed curries and side dishes, served in northern Malaysia
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Pinakbet
🇵🇭 PhilippinesVegetables simmered with fermented fish sauce, a staple from the Ilocos region
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ogbono soup
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreA thick, slippery Nigerian soup made with ground ogbono (dika nut) seeds
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
CaruruFish or seafood
🇧🇷 BrazilOkra and dried shrimp stew from Bahia, cooked with palm oil and nuts
Stew or curry
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Peanut stew: Marshiayers, CC0, source
- Gumbo: jons2 at pdphoto.org, Public domain, source
- Caruru: Catarina Leite, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kpekpele: Nii Ashiloh, CC0, source
- Ogbono soup: Xtacywura, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Asam pedas: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Türlü: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peanut soup: Derick Asamani, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fish head curry: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nasi kandar: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Pinakbet: Thepacificconoisseur, CC BY 2.5, source