Oyster Gumbo

Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup flour
• 1 Cup oil
• 3 Cups onions
• 3 Cups Green bell pepper
• 2 Cups celery
• 4 Garlic flakes (minced)
• 1 Gallon fish stock
• 2 tsp Black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper
• 3 Bay leaves
• 1 Cup fresh parsley (chopped)
• 1 Pound shrimp (peeled)
• 4 Pints Oysters, with their liquor
• 7 Cups grain rice (cooked)

Cooking Instructions:

• Chop the onions, green pepper and celery.
• Heat the oil.
• Add flour and cook till reddish brown in colour.
• Now mix chopped onions, green pepper, celery and garlic.
• Cook till all the vegetables turn soft.
• Add stock, black pepper, cayenne pepper, bay leaves and chopped parsley.
• Allow the mixture to boil.
• Cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
• Now add shrimp, oysters with the liquor.
• Cook till shrimp turns pink.
• Now ladle the mixture over rice.
• Oyster Gumbo is ready.