Fetri Detsi (Fetri detsi)
Overview
Fetri detsi is a light okra soup from the Ewe people of the Volta Region in eastern Ghana. Fresh okra is chopped or grated and added to a tomato, onion and pepper broth with smoked fish, fresh crabs, dried shrimp and sometimes wele, which is cow skin. The okra makes the soup thick and slippery, and some cooks add a little palm oil or kakawe, a fermented fish, for extra flavour. It is spicy, smoky and savoury. Fetri detsi is eaten with banku, akple or fufu, which are dipped into the soup with the fingers.
History
Fetri means okra and detsi means soup in the Ewe language. The Volta Region, along the border with Togo, is famous for its seafood and okra dishes, and akple with fetri detsi is regarded as the signature meal of the Ewe. It is cooked across Ghana and Togo, especially for family gatherings and the Hogbetsotso festival in Anloga.
Main ingredients
Okra, smoked fish, crab, tomatoes and onion, pepper, dried shrimp. The soup is built on okra and tomato broth and is usually served hot. Diet: pescatarian; usually gluten-free.
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Recipe
Method
- 115 min
Simmer the blended tomato, onion and pepper in 1.2 l water for 15 minutes.
- 210 min
Add the crabs, smoked fish and dried shrimp and cook for 10 minutes.
- 35 min
Add the okra and cook for 5 minutes until the soup thickens.
- 4
Season, add the palm oil and serve with banku or akple.
- ✓
Serve. About 1 h from start to bowl.
Sources
Description, history and recipe written by SoupWiki and checked against the sources above. Calories and times are rough estimates.
