@eredien Here's a formal recipe;
http://www.mypersiankitchen.com/khoresht-bamieh-persian-okra-stew/
but this isn't in fact what I did - there's an Ottolenghi recipe for okra, and it's kind of similar, so I cooked up the okra, then added a batch of spices, storebought tomato sauce and a little vegetable stock to make a fairly thick soup.