Cajun seafood gumbo recipe

Ingredients

• 180 ml vegetable oil
• 900 g fresh okra, thinly sliced (or equivalent canned or frozen)
• 1 tbsp distilled white vinegar
• 3.7 l water
• 900 g ham, cubed
• 3 large onions, diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 1 head of garlic, cloves peeled but left whole
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1.8 kg medium prawn (shrimp), peeled and deveined
• 900 g crabmeat
• 1 tbsp Tabasco sauce