My love for okra began as a child and continues to border on just this side of insanity. I love okra. As a young boy, I would smuggle a brown bag full of fried okra into the movies as my better-than-popcorn...
Author: Alexander Smalls
For most people, the word gumbo immediately conjures the Cajun and Creole cooking of Louisiana. But okra (ngombo in Bantu), for which the soup-stew is named, reached South Carolina with the slave trade...
Author: Edna Lewis
An easy Curried Okra recipe
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Author: Ruth Cousineau
The finished stew should be decidedly sour, tamarind's calling card, but you're in control of how puckery things get. You can sub other vegetables or simplify the array, but be very careful not to overcook...
Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
Nothing says "Southern" like the smell of okra frying in a cast-iron skillet atop an angry flame. Done right, everybody loves okra. I have been known to turn the most fervent okra haters into okra lovers....
Author: Alexander Smalls
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Steaming unlocks the succulence of okra. Here, the pods are tossed with slivered ginger and a Vietnamese-inspired scallion oil in an all-purpose dish that's great with grilled steak or chicken, or with...
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