okra stew with fragrant rice – Food & Home Magazine

Ingredients

• ***Okra stew
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 3cm piece ginger, peeled and grated
• 1 green chile, chopped
• 300 g okra, cut into 2cm rounds
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp ground allspice
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• ½ cup water
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• ***Fragrant rice
• 1 tbsp butter
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander
• ***To serve
• Fresh coriander
• 4 toasted pita