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Soupou Kandia
Also known as: Soupe kandia
Okra sauce with palm oil, smoked fish, shrimp and crab, served with white rice.
About Soupou Kandia
Soupou kandia is an okra-and-palm-oil preparation served with rice. Africa-Cuisine's traditional version combines smoked fish, shrimp and crab with African eggplant and an aromatic seasoning mixture.
Garlic, onion, ginger and green chilli flavour the sauce. Smoked fish brings a deep savoury note, while optional nététou adds another seasoning dimension alongside the palm oil.
Finely chopped okra gives the sauce a thick, cohesive texture around the seafood and eggplant pieces. White rice is the chosen accompaniment, with palm oil visible at the surface of the finished sauce.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Soupou Kandia
Africa-Cuisine's traditional okra, fish and shellfish soupou kandia.
- OkraBase
- ShrimpProtein
- Smoked fishProtein
- CrabProtein
- Diakhato (African eggplant)Base
- Green chilliSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Nététou (néré seeds)Seasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- GingerAromatic
- OnionAromatic
- Palm oilCooking medium
- WaterLiquid
- Bicarbonate of sodaSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning · Optional
- PepperSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Prepared white riceAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Okra: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Shrimp: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed
- Smoked fish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. First smoked-fish option retained, not alternative fresh fish. Species and smoking/cure formula unspecified; named fish supports Fish.
- Crab: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed
- Diakhato (African eggplant): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader African-eggplant candidate; exact cultivar unprovided.
- Green chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. No cultivar/botanical identity specified; green colour retained.
- Nététou (néré seeds) (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Whole list expressly facultatif; complete processing and exact candidate unresolved, not silently raw or fermented locust-bean product.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit cold-water okra washing, boiling crab precook water and sauce water all retained.
- Bicarbonate of soda: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal method-only sauce addition.
- Salt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method says add salt if needed.
- Pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method says add pepper if needed; colour/form unspecified.
- Prepared white rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. First final prepared-rice pairing; source expressly explains that the rice-accompanied sauce is called Soupou Kandia. Broader white-rice candidate represents the named grain without implying raw service or a supplied upstream cooking formula. Fufu alternative not combined; unseen rice water, salt and additions are not invented.
Origins & food traditions
Soupou kandia is an okra-and-palm-oil rice accompaniment found across West African cooking.
Countries
- Guinea
- Senegal
- GuineaCatalogue link pending review
- MauritaniaCatalogue link pending review
- SenegalCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- West African Cuisine
- Senegalese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Senegal River Valley CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Guinean CuisineCatalogue link pending review