who knows this kind of vegetable

in #blog7 years ago

Okra, also known as "lady's finger," or "bamia pod" is one of the favorite nutritious vegetables of North-East African origin. The pods usually gathered while they are green, tender, and at the immature stage. The plant cultivated throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions around the world for their phytonutrients rich pods. It grows best in a well-drained and manure rich soil.

Botanically, okra is a perennial flowering plant in the Malvaceae (mallows) family and named scientifically as Abelmoschus esculentus.

lets eat okra!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okra is amazing, some of the best Okra I have had include fried in India and put into a curry here in Nam. I am going to be honest, there are not enough Okra appreciation posts.

may favorite is boiled okra with fish sauce and fried okra coated by egg

Fried okra coated in egg sounds amazing.

I love okra!!!!

My husband and 7 yo don't really like them sliced...too slimey they said 😂😂😂

I love them whole, sliced, in stir fry, in curry, roasted etc

Looove them 😋😋😋😋

lot of vitamins can get in okra thats why I love it

okra with bagoong is the best!

I love to grow okra here in the U.S. too. I use it to thicken stews or roll it in some corn meal and pan fry it.

we have also in our garden