Interesting use for Okra as the main ingredient in a dish?
I had a few handfuls of fresh Okra delivered with the last CSA delivery. I'm looking for an interesting way to cook a dish featuring it. I also have:
- One eggplant
- Some pumpkin
- One leek
- Lots of tomatoes
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Potatoes
Best Answer
Okra is great in curry. I'll do an okra and tomato curry, but you can find plenty of recipes online.
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What is okra used for in cooking?
Okra is most commonly used in soups and stews. It contains mucilage, a substance that acts as a natural thickener when heated. While this is beneficial to dishes like gumbo, it also produces the sliminess so often associated with okra.What main dish goes with okra?
What goes with fried okra?- Grilled Burgers.
- Brisket.
- Beef Barbecue.
- Sheet Pan New Orleans Barbecue Shrimp.
- One Pot Southern Pork Chop Dinner.
- Southern Baked Chicken Parmesan.
- Slow Cooker Pulled Pork with Alabama White Barbecue Sauce.
How was okra used in the new world?
Slaves from Angola also brought okra to the New World, but called it "ngombo." This became "gumbo." Gumbo originally meant the vegetable, but is now applied to any dish in which okra is used in the United States. Gumbo was adapted by the Indians, who made it with any type of meat \u2014 including owl.Why is okra used in many Caribbean foods?
Okra is one of those foods you either love or hate because of its mucilage, a substance that acts as a natural thickener when it's heated but also gives a slimy texture to your food. Okra came from Africa, but now it's widely used in Caribbean, Creole, Cajun, and Indian cuisines.More answers regarding interesting use for Okra as the main ingredient in a dish?
Answer 2
Okra + tomato is halfway to gumbo and other similar dishes. In fact, this is what I intend to do the next time I can get okra.
Answer 3
Interesting challenge. How about this:
Skin and slice the eggplant, about 1/2" 1.3 cm thick, salt lightly and press the sliced stacked salted eggplant for a while to densify it. After a half hour or so, rinse and dry the eggplant, cube it and dredge in seasoned flour if you have it. Skin and cube the potatoes put them in a large hot pot with some kind of fat in it and brown the potatoes. When they are about done add the cubed eggplant, then add the washed and sliced leek. Put in some garlic too if you have and want to use it. When the eggplant is slightly browned add stock or water or combination of ingredients, could include beer wine or ?, I find I don't like cooking with IPA or really hoppy beers as it adds more bitterness than I like. This would be a good time to add a bay leaf if you have one.
Next peel, quarter and seed the tomatoes, peel and cube the pumpkin and slice the okra to your preferred size and add them to the stock.
If you have flour and know how to do it make a medium brown roux and add it when the pumpkin is done.
Season to taste and yum! Garnish with fresh dill and cilantro.
* One eggplant
* Some pumpkin
* One leek
* Lots of tomatoes
* Cilantro
* Dill
* Potatoes
Answer 4
Okra is a magical vegetable whose texture varies dramatically depending on how it's cooked.
BBC has Okra recipes and information
- Main course
- Light meals & snacks
- Starters & nibbles
Some of Okra recipes from India
http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/category/indian-vegetables/okra/
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