It’s an unusual way to cook okra and therefore will be a fresh dish for many. Today I am going to make this okra dish as one of the sides for our lunch, it will add a bit of hot spice to go along with the salad, yogurt, and fresh bread. I’m also looking forward to sharing my trip with you. Heat over medium heat, and add okra mixture, turning often with a wooden spoon or spatula. I’m sure I won’t have time for four hundred new things, but even a few will do. I can’t wait to learn something new about salt. I’m most excited about visiting a store that sells four hundred types of salt! Amazing! The food in Japan is so diverse and tasty. Tokyo is such a fascinating city especially if you are into food. This morning I got up early and popped it into the oven where it will cook over the next six hours.Īnother exciting thing is that I’m traveling to Tokyo on Saturday. Last night I made the stuffing of meat and rice and stuffed it into the lamb and left it in the fridge overnight. So much so that the saying which translated from Arabic, that they ‘dry your blood’ seems apt in these situations.īut thankfully everything got done in the end.Īs I write this, I have a quarter of a lamb in the oven cooking. Never fun having to get things done with hungry, and grumpy people. The worst part of it is that I had to deal with bureaucracy in getting some paperwork done at a governmental department.Īt the best of time this can be a frustrating task, and during Ramadan the processes are so much worse. No food, no water, no smoking, so as you can imagine, it makes for lots of grumpy people. We are well into Ramadan now, when fasting starts at 4am and goes until 7:30 pm. This week one of my successes was a ciabatta style bread sprinkled with sesame seeds. Sometimes they come out amazingly, and other times not so amazingly.īut whatever the outcome I always learn a lot. I always enjoy the time I get to try new things. This has been a great week for me of cooking and experimenting with new bread recipes. The Moors referred to Okra as ‘sun vessels’ and thought that the seeds inside had healing properties, and once consumed would stay in the body forever giving protection from illnesses. Okra is very popular in many parts of the world. To visualize how much it actually is, take in mind that. It is about 7 of daily calories intake for adult person with medium weight and medium activity (for calculation we assumed 2400 kcal daily intake). Case in point, standard serving size (1 cup) of fried okra (92 g) has about 178 calories. Dipping the okra in buttermilk first and then breading it, gives the deep-fried okra a crunchy texture. 100g of fried okra has about 194 calories (kcal). Whichever it ends up being, the mature fruit of this plant is used to make paper and rope, and probably the reason why in Middle Eastern dishes the fruit that is used is always the youngest, freshest and most tender. If you like fried okra, youll love this recipe. Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print RecipeĪbelmoschus esculentus, also known in many countries as ladies’ fingers, with its origins disputed as to either Africa or Asia.
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