Cou-cou (Corn Meal Paste and Okra)

Ingredients

• •1 pound corn meal
• •16 okras
• •6 cups water
• •3 teaspoons salt
• •2 tablespoons margarine

Directions

1. 1Wash okras, cut off stems and boil with ½ water and salt for about 10 minutes.
2. 2Add the rest of the water and salt to the sifted corn meal and mix well. Then take okras in the saucepan off the heat and stir in the corn meal mixture until well blended.
3. 3Return saucepan to stove and cooking mixture, stirring all the time with a wooden spatula, over medium heat. When mixture becomes stiff and breaks away from the saucepan cleanly at the bottom, it is finished.
4. 4Empty in a serving dish and serve hot with Steamed Flying Fish.