Fried Okra

[Fisherking]

Had to look up pic, never seen it here. What is it some sort pepper?

Okra is not a pepper. It is more related to cotton. It comes from Africa I think.

Fried in a little cornmeal I love the stuff.

Pickled, that sort of scares me. Maybe for no good reason, but still. I guess I just think of it like boiled.

Boiled it is like eating a slug. It is slimy and sticky. A gooey mess. It even looks like a slug and the taste and texture is nothing to write home about.

Mixing it in a gumbo with lots of other stuff is good though. Gumbo is the French name of the plant.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Reminds me of a milkweed pod.

[LeftEyeNine]

It's more or less cooked like this, as most vegetable dishes are done, in Turkey:



As Fisherking pointed out, if the cook is not adept at it, you end up with a slimey mix due to which half of the people hate the dish while the other half is mad about it -like me.

There is no better summertime meal than okra dish made with pomegranate juice in its sauce, eaten along with bites of onions. Yummy.

[Fragony]

That dish I do recognise, the Turk sells it here. I'll give it a try

[LeftEyeNine]

Turks call it "Bamya". "Bum-iah" would be how to pronounce.

[Hosakawa Tito]

With pomegranate juice in the sauce? Hmm, sounds interesting. I'll have to try that.

[LeftEyeNine]

Get some help from someone of Mediterranean origin, Hosakawa-san. Wouldn't want you to end up with a sour mix that goes to the bin. ^^

[Fragony]

Turks call it "Bamya". "Bum-iah" would be how to pronounce.

Well tried it, it's rather odd but very nice. I would add some peppers personally though

[LeftEyeNine]

Well tried it, it's rather odd but very nice. I would add some peppers personally though

One step closer to multicultu- ooh Frag ?

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