Ila Alasepo
Ila Alasepo or ila-Alasepo is a Yoruba Okro sauce/ stew, called soup in Nigerian English, eaten with Okele[1]. Ila-Alasepo means "Okro cooked together". It involves an Okro sauce cooked with seafood and spices.[2] It can also have meat and fish as well. Ila alasepo is similar to African Gombo or Sauce Gombo or Louisiana Gumbo. The dish can have the okro free of viscosity or viscous. It is different from " Ila" which just means okro which in cooked Yoruba cuisine usually refers to a plain cooked okro or cooked with Iru separately cooked from a tomato-pepper based sauce called Obe-ata that it is eaten with alongsides Okele.[3] Unlike ila, ila alasepo is cooked together and usually features seafood, meat and fish, with pepper, tomato, onion, iru and other spices added in one pot.[4][5]
References
- ^ Ajoke (2017-04-13). "Ila Alasepo". My Active Kitchen. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "NIGERIAN OKRA SOUP - NIGERIAN OKRO SOUP RECIPE". Sisi Jemimah. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ 9jafoodie (2012-06-24). "Ila Asepo (Alasepo) Recipe". 9jafoodie | Nigerian Food Recipes. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Nigeria, Guardian (2019-11-17). "How To Make Tasty Ila Alasepo (Okra Soup)". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Okpara, Nma (2015-06-23). "Ila Asepo. For The Love of Okra Soup". Nigerian Lazy Chef. Retrieved 2024-05-19.