DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Delele
Zambian Kitchen shares this dried-okra delele as a recipe learned from the author’s mother.
About Delele
Zambian Kitchen shares this dried-okra delele as a recipe learned from the author’s mother. It combines powdered dried okra with powdered groundnuts and grated tomato, rather than presenting one formula for every vegetable called delele.
Groundnuts provide the nutty flavour and richness, while tomato and salt season the mixture. Cooking soda is included in this particular family recipe, with water forming the cooking liquid.
Pounding and sieving the dried okra produces a smooth powder that becomes a paste during cooking. The finished relish turns brown and accompanies nshima. The author also recommends dried-fish stew as a possible companion.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Peanut.
Optional additions: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Delele
Zambian Kitchen’s mother-taught dried-okra and groundnut delele.
- Dried okraBase
- Powdered groundnutsBase
- TomatoSeasoning
- Cooking sodaProcessing ingredientIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- NshimaAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Dried-fish stewAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried okra: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual dried-pod recipe24, no other slimy leaves named delele19 blended.
- Powdered groundnuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Peanut source-confirmed. Actual groundnut powder25; broader peanut identity, milling form retained.
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cooking soda: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source literally cooking soda27/39; exact chemical/product identity unresolved, not assumed sodium bicarbonate or carbonate.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed28 and every paste/lightening allocation35/37; optional blender water same water, no extra invented ingredient.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only39.
- Nshima: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit42, full separate porridge formula unknown.
- Dried-fish stew (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Specific suggested protein companion44, not mandatory generic protein42; Fish positive, full stew formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Zambian Cuisine
- Zambian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.