Okra Stew

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups okra
• 2 cups mushroom/vegetable stock
• 1 small eggplant finely diced
• 1/8 tsp baking soda (optional; please see note)
• 2 onions (1 roughly chopped and 1 finely diced)
• 2 tbsp palm oil (sub with coconut oil)
• 1 large thumb of ginger
• 1 sprig of green onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 medium tomatoes finely chopped
• 1/2 scotch bonnet pepper (or habanero)
• 3/4 cup firm tofu chopped (1/3 of firm tofu block)
• 1 cup assorted mushrooms (I used a mix of shiitake and oyster mushroom)
• 1 cup of kale or spinach chopped roughly
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1 1/2 tsp curry powder
• 1 1/2 tsp anise seeds
• 1 1/2 tsp coriander seers
• 2 tsp dawa dawa (fermented locust beans; see note)
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• Salt to taste