Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, okra. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Okra is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Okra is something which I have loved my whole life.
Okra or Okro (US: /ˈoʊkrə/, UK: /ˈɒkrə/), Abelmoschus esculentus, known in many English-speaking countries as ladies' fingers or ochro, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. Okra is traditionally a southern U. S. plant that thrives in warm weather.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook okra using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Okra:
- Take 3 cups okra; chopped (cut off the bulb and tail ends)
- Take 3 tablespoons Coconut oil
- Take 1 tablespoon urad dal
- Get 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Prepare 1 tsp asafoetida/hing
- Take 1 tsp Turmeric powder/haldi
- Take 5 Dry red chillies (stalks cut off)
- Take as needed Salt
- Prepare 3 tablespoons Buttermilk (optional)
- Prepare 2 tablespoons tamarind+water extract (alternative to buttermilk)
- Take 1 sprig Curry leaves (optional)
How to Cook Okra Super Easily. This healthy vegetable is a staple in the. Okra is a green, tube-like fruit filled with small white seeds. It's typically best during the summer and you'll definitely want to get tips for cooking it.
Steps 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.
Okra is the edible pod of the okra plant. Okra was originally brought to the Americas during the African slave trade. It is said that the word okra in Swahili is "gumbo," which would explain the origins. Okra is a vegetable that keeps on giving all summer long. When you harvest a pod It's related to the hibiscus plant and produces similarly beautiful flowers.
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