Okra

[Major Fallout]

I have a bag of Okra from sainsburys sat next to me.

What the hell do I do with it?

[prand]

You could make bindi bhajee!

Chop and stir fry with onion, garlic, ginger, mustard seeds, cumin, garam masala and seasoning. Maybe a chopped tomato or two.

Or, bindi masala - dip in coating of gram flour and deep fry, then add to a tomato masala sauce

OR, chuck into a stew with chick peas, prawns, chorizo, for a speudo gumbo,

or make real gumbo with it.

Plenty of recipes online around the above....

I quite like cooking with okra, it gives off a sap which makes a nice thick sauc - wvwn when quite dry like the top recipe.

[Major Fallout]

Fantastic thank you!

[tuffer]

I would throw it straight in the bin, bloody hateful gloopy slop.

[21TonyK]

tuffer said:

I would throw it straight in the bin, bloody hateful gloopy slop.

Agreed!!! Never, ever, seen anything remotely edible created from them.

[Stu R]

Never been a fan of it until my M-I-L made this:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/frie...

It's proof (as if it were needed) that pretty much anything is edible when given enough seasoning and some time in a fryer.

[toohuge]

Fried Okra is very common here in the southern US - that said, it's a non event imo.

Not worth the hassle.

[HarryFlatters]

Gumbo

[TIGA84]

I usually find that in the corner of my kitchen is a waist high stainless steel receptacle with a pedal on it and in the spirit of the slow food movement, any okra that crosses my threshold is given a similar treatment to say, a shoulder of lamb in the oven, I just throw it in there and forget about it, although I do tend to leave it in there for a good deal longer. I know its done when the gentle thrum and clatter of a bin lorry and its operatives are around, at this point I remove it, and leave it outside at the end of the drive to cool.

Works every time.

[coopedup]

I have been known to chop it up and use it in a pasta dish, normally when pissed, but don't dislike it TBH

[android]

Bhindi Bhaji can be pretty tasty,certainly better than Argy Bhaji at the end of a session night. (but so can roadkill in sauce). 'Ladies finger' Oeeer missus,fnaar fnaar,titter ye not !!

[Hoofy]

tuffer said:

I would throw it straight in the bin, bloody hateful gloopy slop.

First time I saw it in stew form, it looks like the slime Aliens leave behind.

[soad]

Okra curry. http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/bhindi-masala/