About this dish
A slippery okra relish cooked with groundnuts, typically served alongside nshima.
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Ingredients
🫛500g okra, sliced
🥜1/4 cup groundnuts, ground
🍅2 tomatoes, chopped
🧅1 onion, chopped
Method
Serves 21
Sauté onion and tomato until softened.2
Add the sliced okra and a little water, and simmer until the okra softens and releases its natural thickening.3
Stir in the ground groundnuts.4
Continue simmering until the relish thickens to a silky consistency.5
Season with salt and serve with nshima.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Delele is a traditional Zambian vegetable relish, valued for its distinctive silky texture from cooked okra.
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