Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, okra. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Okra is traditionally a southern U. S. plant that thrives in warm weather. Here's how to grow okra Okra is easy to grow and use and looks lovely throughout the growing season due to its beautiful.
Okra is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Okra is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook okra using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Okra:
- Prepare 3 cups okra; chopped (cut off the bulb and tail ends)
- Get 3 tablespoons Coconut oil
- Take 1 tablespoon urad dal
- Take 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Get 1 tsp asafoetida/hing
- Take 1 tsp Turmeric powder/haldi
- Prepare 5 Dry red chillies (stalks cut off)
- Get as needed Salt
- Prepare 3 tablespoons Buttermilk (optional)
- Take 2 tablespoons tamarind+water extract (alternative to buttermilk)
- Prepare 1 sprig Curry leaves (optional)
Packs A Truck Loads Of Nutrients. Okra is the edible pod of the okra plant. Okra was originally brought to the Americas during the African slave trade. "Gumbo" is a West African word for okra, which would explain the origins of that. Okra is a vegetable loved by very few people.
Instructions to make Okra:
- In a wok, heat coconut oil. Add mustard seeds. When they pop, add red chillies, asafoetida and urad dal. Sauté till it turns a darker shade of golden. If adding curry leaves; add them in now.
- Now reduce the heat to avoid a splatter. Add in the okra and mix it well with the oil. Sauté on low for 2 minutes. Now, add haldi. Mix and sauté for 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle in either buttermilk or tamarind water to reduce the gooeyness of okra. Keep the okra covered and toss around every 3 minutes. When the okra shrinks a little and changes color; turn off the heat and let it sink in the heat from the wok. Mix salt finally after the heat is turned off (to ensure that you don't over-salt before it shrinks).
- Congratulations! You have an awesome okra!!
- Tip: if the okra starts to burn; you can sprinkle in water and toss around.
However, it is a powerhouse of nutrients like vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin A. Okra is better known by its common name as lady's finger or gumbo and. Eating okra gives you an influx of health benefits because eating food that is full of antioxidants As a result, you reduce your chance of experiencing heart disease. The gel-like substance in okra is called. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a warm-season crop grown throughout South Carolina.
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