Recipe: Explore the Traditional Delele of Zambia

Delele is a Zambian and Zimbabwean dish prepared with fresh okra, tomatoes, onions, and a protein of your choice. You can add baking soda to the dish to give it a unique taste. Soda, however, reduces the nutritional value of the dish. 

Delele means okra in Zambia, hence the name of the dish. You can use either fresh or dried delele for cooking with.

The following is a step-by-step guide on how to prepare delele.

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How to Prepare Delele

Ingredients

• Okra, 25-30 pieces
• Two fresh tomatoes, sliced
• ½ tbsp of baking soda
• 1 Onion, sliced (optional)
• ½ tbsp of salt, to taste
• 1 cup of water

Instructions

1. Wash the okra thoroughly under running water.
2. Cut off the head or the bottom.
3. Dice the okra.
4. Bring the water to a boil in a cooking pot.
5. Add the soda to the boiling water
6. Add diced tomatoes
7. Stir the sauce
8. Add the okra after a few minutes.
9. Leave to boil and stir occasionally.
10. Add salt to taste.
11. Allow the sauce to boil without covering the pot. 
12. Taste and adjust salt
13. Serve with Nshima

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Zambian Delele

Zambia

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Delele is a Zambian and Zimbabwean dish prepared with fresh okra, tomatoes, onions, and a protein of your choice. You can add baking soda to the dish to give it a unique taste. Soda, however, reduces the nutritional value of the dish.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine African

Servings 4

Calories 64 kcal

Equipment

Cooking Pot

Ingredients

  

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• Okra 25-30 pieces
• Two fresh tomatoes sliced
• ½ tbsp of soda
• 1 Onion sliced (optional)
• ½ tbsp of salt to taste
• 1 cup of water

Instructions

 

• Wash the okra thoroughly under running water.
• Cut off the head or the bottom.
• Dice the okra.
• Bring the water to a boil in a cooking pot.
• Add the soda to the boiling water
• Add diced tomatoes
• Stir the sauce
• Add the okra after a few minutes.
• Leave to boil and stir occasionally.
• Add salt to taste.
• Allow the sauce to boil without covering the pot.
• Taste and adjust salt
• Serve with Nshima

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Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 64kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 6gFat: 2.2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.8gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 282mgPotassium: 300mgFiber: 2gVitamin A: 240IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 490mgIron: 0.4mg

Keyword Delele, Okra, Okra Sauce, Okra Soup, Okra Stew

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