INGREDIENTS 

4- okra (ochro)

4 cups- water

2 cups- cornmeal

2 cups- cold water

1 tsp- salt

1 tbsp- butter

DIRECTIONS

1 Put water to boil in a medium-size pot. Thinly slice okra and add to boiling water. Cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until soft. Lower the heat.

2 Combine corn meal with cold water and mix well.

3 Add corn mixture to the okra. Add salt.

4 Mix well and cook on low, stirring constantly with a flat wooden spoon or “cou-cou stick”.

5 When the mixture breaks away cleanly from the side of the saucepan, the cou-cou is ready.

6 Butter a bowl, turn the mixture out neatly onto it, shaking it so that it takes on the shape of the bowl.

APPROXIMATE MACROS PER SERVING:  227 CALORIES ■ 4 G PROTEIN ■  34 G CARBS ■  9 G FAT