If you don't like okra, turn away now...or be brave, dive in, and revel in the delicious slime. So good (worth getting to like even if you are a decidedly non-lover of okra).
So not only are we in complete agreement about loving tomatoes...now it's okra's turn! Yum...There's a Persian shop here that sells all manner of nuts, dried fruits and snacks...one being crispy okra...so good. I wish more restaurants served them! And my first encounter was when I was a kid...that tinned soup! Time for an okra feast!
I'm an okra lover. I don't recall when I first ate it or how it was prepared. Tried to grow it once or twice without any luck as the growing season where I had my garden was barely long enough. Okra stewed with tomato is something of an Israeli classic. As for the slime factor, I've read that leaving them whole is the best way to avoid that, but that means finding younger, more tender pods. Grocers catering to south Asian clients will have baby okra in the freezer, which works very nicely into vegetable curries.
yesterday i made an Indian sambaar with idli, and used the last of the okra as one of the vegetables. SO GOOD. so very good. i felt almost emotional with each little bite of okra I spooned up. Is the persian crisp okra like a vegetable chip? I love those things! i want to eat okra every day now!
So not only are we in complete agreement about loving tomatoes...now it's okra's turn! Yum...There's a Persian shop here that sells all manner of nuts, dried fruits and snacks...one being crispy okra...so good. I wish more restaurants served them! And my first encounter was when I was a kid...that tinned soup! Time for an okra feast!
My Iraqi granny made tomatoey okra dishes that I scarfed down in a fee big bites. In Hawaii okra is in season now. I’ll make your pickles!
We want your grannies iraqi okra recipe! Live the middle eastern tomatoes okra dishes! Xoxoxox
Alas, I have only my taste memories, Marlena.
I'm an okra lover. I don't recall when I first ate it or how it was prepared. Tried to grow it once or twice without any luck as the growing season where I had my garden was barely long enough. Okra stewed with tomato is something of an Israeli classic. As for the slime factor, I've read that leaving them whole is the best way to avoid that, but that means finding younger, more tender pods. Grocers catering to south Asian clients will have baby okra in the freezer, which works very nicely into vegetable curries.
yesterday i made an Indian sambaar with idli, and used the last of the okra as one of the vegetables. SO GOOD. so very good. i felt almost emotional with each little bite of okra I spooned up. Is the persian crisp okra like a vegetable chip? I love those things! i want to eat okra every day now!