Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, okra. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Okra is easy to grow and use and looks lovely throughout the growing season due to its beautiful flowers. Okra is adaptable and will grow in most soils, though it performs best in well-drained soil that's rich in organic matter. Outstanding Okra Botanical name: Abelmoschus esculentus or Hibiscus esculentus.
Okra is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Okra is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have okra using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Okra:
- Make ready 3 cups okra; chopped (cut off the bulb and tail ends)
- Make ready 3 tablespoons Coconut oil
- Get 1 tablespoon urad dal
- Get 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Take 1 tsp asafoetida/hing
- Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric powder/haldi
- Make ready 5 Dry red chillies (stalks cut off)
- Take as needed Salt
- Prepare 3 tablespoons Buttermilk (optional)
- Get 2 tablespoons tamarind+water extract (alternative to buttermilk)
- Take 1 sprig Curry leaves (optional)
It's filled with tiny white seeds and is sometimes called lady's fingers due to its long, slender Okra is a drought-resistant annual that thrives in warm, humid weather. It will produce edible seed pods after a pretty white, yellow, pink, or red. Specialty Okra, Red Burgundy Okra, Silver Queen Okra, Star of David Okra, Alabama Red Okra, Cow Horn Okra, Hill Country Heirloom Red Okra Okra supposedly originated in Ethiopia, the mountainous or plateau portion of Eritrea, and the eastern, higher part of Sudan. Okra has been found growing wild.
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.
The term "okra" most commonly refers to the edible seedpods of the plant. Okra has long been favored as a food for the health-conscious. It contains Drinking "okra water" is a popular new method of using okra. Some have even suggested that drinking it helps lessen diabetes symptoms. Okra is a vegetable that keeps on giving all summer long.
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