Sweet and Sour Fried Okra

"one of my favourite ways to make okra"
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
3-4
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ingredients

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directions

  • heat oil, fry okra till brown, and its lost all the goo.
  • Remove, drain.
  • In the same oil, add everything except salt and the sugar+lime mixture.
  • add the okra and fry with the spices a few minutes.
  • add the sugar-lime mixture.
  • Simmer 10 minutes.
  • Add salt before serving.
  • (Adding salt at the end lets the okra remain crisp longer).
  • serve hot with naan bread.

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Reviews

  1. This was amazingly good! Such a lovely way to make okra, DH liked it too! After slicing the okra lengthwise, I did what most Indian women do- dry roast the slices in a non-stick pan or iron skillet for a few minutes, tossing them about every minute or so. This gets rid of the 'snotty' mucilage. Also, instead of adding everything at once, I first added the nigella, fennel and cumin seeds in hot oil and let them spatter a bit before adding the onions. Once the onions were transluscent I added the red chili and turmeric powder and let them cook for a few minutes to get rid of the raw taste. Next went the tomatoes, okra, green chillies, sugar-lime mixture and salt and left them to simmer. Mango powder is best added towards the end of cooking.All in all, this was a very enjoyable dish and I will be definitely making this again. Thanks grapefruit!
     
  2. If I were to make this recipe a 2nd time I would cook the onions separately, double the sugar, halve the limejuice and fry the *whole* spices with the Okra. It was tasty, if a little too crunchy (onions) and mucilagenous (Okra).
     
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