- I make sure it's the best of the best.
- I hope I'm gonna win.
- I'm winning, of course.
- My Okro, it tastes nice.
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- This does not look like okro stew.
- This is not a man okro stew, man.
- Mm.
(Ruth laughing)
(Ama voicing disgust)
- Disgraceful.
- Why?
- [Interviewer] What would you do to make this better?
- Train her.
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- Hello, my name is Roselind,
and today I will be trying other mommy's
Ghanaian banku and okro stew.
- See, the Banku is the whiteboard
that you're going to eat with.
You can have okro soup, you can have okro stew.
- Some people like it runny, to the soup side.
Some people want it more thicker, to the stew side.
- You need to get the draw, you know?
And then you go like this.
- I like it to have draw, I like it to be slimy,
'cause okro is slimy.
- [Interviewer] Do prefer the stew or the soup?
- Don't do that.
Sorry, mom. It's stew for me, all round.
(Ama laughing)
- Some people go in, they put everything.
They put crab, mushroom, snails.
- [Interviewer] What makes your okro special?
- Oh, here we go again.
It's me, Akua, obviously.
I make sure it's the best of the best.
- I don't know what make my okro better,
but except that it tastes nice.
- We just need to balance it well.
- I hope I'm gonna win
because me, I go, we do my,
(Ruth vocalizing)
but then, if people are not scoring fairly,
or my food is not hot enough,
and already it's not on the bowls.
- I'm not too good with okro stew anyway, so.
- [Interviewer] Oh, so you don't think you're gonna win?
- I dunno.
(Roselind laughing)
- Banku, I made it with corn dough today.
Pure, 100% Ghanaian corn dough.
I didn't mix it my own frat with anything else.
I hope I'm gonna win.
I hope.
(laughing)
(Roselind smacks lips)
- Mm.
(suspenseful piano trilling)
- This does not look like okro stew.
- I, no, this is not okro stew, man.
There's no okro in here.
- He looks nice.
She's got all the meats in there, all the trimming.
- I can't even see one okro.
- This is not okro stew.
- And I'm not even gonna lie.
I don't even wanna try it either.
Okay?
(playful music)
- Mm.
- This is actually disgraceful.
- The taste is okay, but it's not okro stew.
- It's a no from me, from the beginning
I should have gone with my instincts.
I'm not tryin' it again.
- My sister, here, has done this be beautiful okro,
but what she's done is that she's blended it.
You wanna see the okro.
- I don't know what happened.
I don't know if she missed the memo.
- This is like tomatoes stew with bits of okro cut into it.
- The smoothness gives it a different consistency.
Like, you haven't got that bite of the okro.
- This is 3.
'Cause this is not okra stew.
- 0.
- 4.5.
- I'm not too sure on the okro bits, you know,
but I had crabs in there,
so if no one has got crabs and I'm winning, of course.
So, let's see how it goes.
- Okay.
- I love crab.
- This looks like it was done from an elder.
- I don't know how to eat crab,
but I'm not gonna try the crab today.
But big up to the crab, because that's a lot of work.
- Look at the consistency.
You're supposed to see a little bit of slime.
Don't have to be too over-slimy.
- Right? This is how I eat it, yeah?
Here we go.
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- Mm.
(Ama vocalizing distaste)
(Ruth nickering)
- Good. Nice.
- The banku is fine.
- No lamps, is good.
- So maybe they used a lot of, what was that thing?
The dried shrimp in there.
But when you eat it, you can really taste it.
- It's not peppery, but I guess, maybe,
they didn't make it peppery on purpose.
- The soup.
It's not good for me.
It tastes like Maggi and water with palm oil.
- And I'm not gonna eat anymore.
- The meat.
I'll try.
It's very salty.
- The meat is nice and salty.
Yeah, it's nice.
- The banku is really nice,
but it's the okro that compliments the thing,
and it's not complimenting for me.
And I think she should add more vodka, and not overcook it.
'Cause now it's gotten very stewy, and very brown.
Do you get what I'm saying?
- 6 out 10.
- 4.
- 3.5.
(upbeat music)
- And I am fussy, yes.
When I do all the takeaways, or go to restaurants,
if it's not to my standard,
I do make fast, my husband hates it.
Partly because I feel if I buy food outside,
it should taste better than mine.
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- Mm.
- There's no drawing, there's no drawness.
Why? Maybe there's no fresh okros in the market.
- There's okro in it.
- I like the way they done the banku,
so cute and Michelin star style, you know.
Look at you.
It's like a little something.
Presentation on fleek.
(upbeat horn music)
(food crunching)
- It's nice. I think.
- I'm not a fan of it.
It's missing something.
- Yeah, there's something about this taste
that I don't like.
- This tastes okay.
- There's something about it that I don't like the taste of,
but it's nice.
- It's just that it's not drawing.
That's all.
- I'm gonna try the meat.
No.
- You know what, okro stew doesn't like a lot of tomatoes.
It's just cuts off the dryness.
So, maybe that is the cause.
I don't know.
- I like banku to be, the okro to be.
- [Interviewer] What would you do to make this better?
- Train her.
- Yeah. So this one I would give it a
4.5.
- A 6.
- Sorry.
- Thank you.
- Use meats that I know that I can play safe with.
Always add that one or two extra,
so when it all comes in, bubbles of flavor,
just bubblin' in your mouth.
So, yeah.
So, that's why my okro is a hundred percent different.
- Wow.
(Roselind laughing)
- Mm, mm. Mm, mm.
- Oh, my sister, my sister.
It smells really nice.
(Roselind laughing)
- Please. Please.
- This looks like an eight.
(Roselind giggling)
- Banku is nice, and a nice big size.
Like how you'd serve it normally.
Woo! Big prawn.
All right, cool.
Yeah, this one.
You can't eat this with a fork, man.
(playful music)
- Love it.
- Yeah, it's nice.
- It does taste like an 8.
Quite spicy.
Mm.
- The pepper level is very good.
(Ama giggling)
- And for some reason as well,
there's something about this taste that I don't know.
It's got nice pepper, though.
- It's hot.
It tastes nice.
It draws a little bit.
- One, it's got a bit more.
See it there.
- Mangu is nice.
Like they put a little bit of vinegar though,
too much vinegar.
I could taste the vinegar.
- Okay, this is the fried fish, sister.
See it in the banku as well?
(Ruth laughing)
Okay. No, she's got everything in there.
Yeah, it's nice.
- This is an 8.
No two ways about it.
- 6 as well.
- Give this an 8.
(climactic music)
(upbeat music)
- Well, I could say I'm a one, I'm a creator.
I have to win.
Losing is not an option.
- Anyone who knows me, and they tried my banku,
and that, you guys know.
But you know, cooking for Buzzfeed is not easy.
- They have no taste buds.
- I wasn't hoping to win, anyway
- It is what it is.
(jazzy upbeat music)