5 Comments on “Okra: Olu Dara”

1. Kat Says:

   
   January 20, 2013 at 8:42 am

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2. Spaceman Says:

   
   January 20, 2013 at 11:19 am

   One of the tastiest things in the world – fried okra, mercy me!
   • Kat Says:

     
     January 20, 2013 at 12:03 pm

     Spaceman,
     Okra was another food I didn’t even see until I was in Africa. Okro, as the Ghanaians call it, became a favorite of mine though it was always in a soup, never fried.
3. Spaceman Says:

   
   January 20, 2013 at 5:30 pm

   Fried okra is a popular side choice in your basic “meat and 3 sides” order in the country style restaurants here. About 1/2 inch segments coated in flour or cornmeal and then deep fried. Not the greatest thing for your health, but it sure tastes great. Also used in vegetable soups and gumbo’s; it will thicken the liquid. People who have a home garden around here will almost always grow a row okra, it does very well in hot weather and bugs and varmints don’t fool with it. Come summer, forget the cholesterol for a day, and fry up “a mess” of it up along.
   • Kat Says:

     
     January 20, 2013 at 9:15 pm

     Spaceman,
     I have used it in gumbo but have never fried it. Africans raise a lot of okro (as they call it). That was the first I’d ever taste it. The soup was always runny but tasty.

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