What is the name of the thick soup popular in the southern states of the USA? One of the main ingredients is Okra which gives the dish its smooth silky texture.
Soup joumou religious, and spiritual with direct traces to its african diasporal roots. Slaves were observed to “fetishize "the dead" through traditions of family graveyards… faith healing… [and] root doctoring.” Much of this was retained in the culinary practices used to create combination of foods, compiled in soup joumou consumed in Haiti using the accessible pumpkin like squash that is the base for the soup and gumbo popularly consumed by southern slaves. Both are combination food, particularly practiced by African traditions. Peculiarly, in some Haitian households, the making of soup joumou includes the addition of an ingredient, okra. Okra or ochro’s name
Okra soup Okra soup Okra soup is prepared using the edible green seed pods of the okra flowering plant as a primary ingredient. It is greenish in colour. Okra has a slippery feel when rubbed with the fingers. The edible green seed pods can also be used in stews. In Sub-Saharan Africa okra soup is a delicacy, the plants name derives from the Igbo language. In Yoruba, it is referred to as "obe lla". Chinese okra soup is a "country style dish often served at family meals". In Indonesian cuisine okra soup is called "sayur oyong", usually served in clear chicken broth