Okra Soup

3 pounds beef (optionally, fish or goat meat)
1 cup dried crayfish* (optionally dried shrimp*)      
2 pounds okra*, chopped or ground in a blender
1 teaspoon dried red pepper*, powdered or crushed
(optional, chopped or ground red bell pepper)
1 medium onion, chopped
4 tablespoons red palm oil*
spinach, chopped
7 cups water
     
Cut beef in small pieces
Place in skillet with water
Add onion and salt
Boil for 15 to 25 minutes
Add okra and stir until blended in
Add the remaining ingredients, stir and cook for 10 more minutes
Serve warm with inyan (pounded yam), pounded cassava, or eba (fried grated cassava)