What it is
The Yoruba okra dish in which chopped okra is cooked together with pepper stew rather than served beside it, so the finished pot is red-orange with visible okra pieces and much less draw than plain okro soup.
Key ingredients
- Fresh okra
- Blended tomatoes and peppers
- Palm or vegetable oil
- Assorted meat and ponmo
- Dried fish
- Ground crayfish
- Iru (locust beans)
- Onions
A list of what goes in, not a recipe. Quantities and method vary by household.
How it is eaten
Eaten with amala, eba, semovita or pounded yam, and sometimes with rice or yam.
Cultural significance
The name says the method: alasepo means cooked together. It marks the Yoruba habit of finishing okra inside the stew, and separates the dish from the plain ila that is served with the stew apart. It is a common weekday pot in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Osun homes because it needs only one pot and one round of seasoning.
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