okra

[dave1215]

there's fried okra - yummy but isn't everything when it's fried?
there's stewed okra - traditional but how do you do it without it getting all gummy?
i just threw some okra into a rice cooker with brown rice and tomatillo salsa - just perfect!

how do you do okra?

[Too Tall]

Deep Fried. Like all good southern things. Any fresh, stewed, raw or sauteed version is no good.

[Rico]

Deep Fried. Like all good southern things. Any fresh, stewed, raw or sauteed version is no good.

Except raw okra is a must to thicken a gumbo.

[randonneur]

okra fried rice

or in a curry with lentils and mangoes

[robin3mj]

However they cook it in the Indian restaurant off the roundabout in Easingwold, North Yorkshire is pretty much perfect.

[Ben]

Deep Fried. Like all good southern things. Any fresh, stewed, raw or sauteed version is no good.

The secret to stewing okra without it getting slimy is to stew it whole. Cutting it up before cooking makes it slimy. I also like to do it with diced tomatoes, onions, garlic and beef stock. I think the acid in the tomatoes also helps control the slime.

I'm planning to rub some okra with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper and then throw it on the smoker the next time I'm doing chickens. How could "smokra" be bad?

[ned]

If you can't fry it, put it on the grill.

[Chance Legstrong]

mmmmm pickled okra

[metanoize]

The flavors are complex, it's delicious! Okra Curry (lady's finger vegetable curry) / Vendaka Theeyal

[winmonster]

Pickled, fried or in gumbo. When frying, you must walk a fine line between burned and inedible.