I'm going to try to grow some this year. Anyone have any recipes? I found this one on another forum; mix 1tbl corn starch, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup cornmeal salt and pepper in a baggie and toss the cut okra in it before frying. Is that to deep fry or fry in a pan??
Sounds to me like either or. Its definatly a frying recipe. the only way i know to make okra is that way,, and both ways do work. to fry that is. I can say if you do add okra to soups or stews, do as a last minute kind of thing, okra has a way of dissapearing.. it boils to nothing... found that out by mistake! I reread the recipe and it seems like a panfry. if it was deep fried i think it would have a liquid you would need to dip in to make the powdered mixture to stick to.
That is a panfry recipe, one of our favorites when I was growing up. Mom never put the cornstarch in it tho, but maybe that's why a lot of the cornmeal ended up in the pan instead of on the okra slices. Which ever way you decide to cook it remember that Okra is one vegie where bigger is not better. Keep them picked before they reach 3-4 inches long and are still skinny. They get really tough when they grow larger, too tough to cut and eat. My Dad preferred just plain sliced and boiled....bleck!!!! You can boil the slices then add them to stewed tomatoes. If some of the pods do grow really long and fat they can be dried and painted up as Santa Claus. The stem end is his hat, paint his face just below the cap and the long pointy end is his beard. They are really cute tree decorations.
Thanks Biita, thats what i thought too, with the liquid for deep fry. Thanks Toni, I'll keep them small. Funny the forum where i found the recipe someone posted to paint them up as Santas too. Maybe I'll paint a couple into Gnomes!
Ohhhh, paint them as Gnomes that would much more appropriate. I am growing Okra too, I will definitely have to let some get large so I can have Gnomes for decorations.
