For The Love of Okra (Why Grow It and What to Do With It!) | Roots and Refuge Farm
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Thanks for sharing Culture! A real cook does use their hands. This is cooking for a family, not a restaurant. Bon appetit!
I'm Jamaican and I love okra steamed with cabbage, carrots, and broccoli. I also love it with steamed fish.
If you have a food dehydrator, cut them in little chunks and you can season them with just a little salt or other fun seasonings, and keep them in a jar to snack on. That's fantastic. Of course, steamed, fried, and GUMBO are wonderfully delicious.
In my 72 years as a southerner, I have never eaten okra raw until today. Thanks to you I now have another “favorite” garden snack.
I love a post I saw elsewhere that goes " Just add ingredients until the spirit of your ancestors whisper--that's enough child"
That’s from an Anglo Indian 😀
I love how you pushed through to show us how you can cook with food you grow, I can tell it was a little uncomfortable for you but GIRL YOU ROCKED!!! Lol. Everybody does things differently and I'm glad you worked up enough nerve to show us how you do. I thought I was weird for not measuring when I cooked, I go by smell, looks and taste and it always turns out great no matter what I'm cooking or baking! I just wanted to say GREAT JOB!!!!
You don’t need to apologize about the way you cook! 😊 You do just fine!! ❤️
I always using my hands lol it's so much easier than using utensils (except hot lol). I just wash them constantly
Linda Kell love her tats
I was growing 8 okra till I realized 5 of them were actually weeds...that's the second time I've grown weeds thinking they were something else 😂😳😂
I'm probably doing this right now.
Haha too funny
No mam I think you might've been growing 8 weeds
~someone who hates okra
I have a 4 foot tall velvet leaf plant. 100% a weed but it's really cool to look at 😂
lolol!!
Love okra. You are so true to the southern ways.Never measure! Had to smile and laugh when you just wiped the flour on your pants.😄
Lynette Danzy I do that too and then ask myself why I didn’t put my apron on. I always forget the apron. Haha!
Same here but my daughters who insists on measuring everything always ask "how much". My answer is always the same...i don't know...untill it tastes good to you!
African here, we love okra, it's a traditional food.
You should have Miah set up a time lapse on the ocra to show how fast they grow!
Missy Weidenaar I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING
My daughter has autism and she would not eat vegetable because of the texture. I snuck tons of vegetables in her food and also put large pieces on the side of her plate. People told me not to waste the food but today she loves all vegetables.
Oh this makes me homesick. My husband and I moved our little family out to the Pacific Northwest after a lifetime of living in Oklahoma. Watching this video, I realize that's the one thing I miss the most.. Me and my little honyocks picking okra from our "okra trees" in the garden out back, bringing them inside and rinsing them, slicing them up, and giggling in the kicthen while we waited on the okra to finish frying. By the time I had finished frying the last of the batch, they were always already gone. Those were the days. Cherish these memories you're making with that beautoful family of yours. God has blessed you so wonderfully.
As a sidenote, here in Washington state I have been to seven different farmer's markets (and every retail/home & garden/hardware store within a 50 mile radius), and NOT ONCE have I come across okra, or okra seeds, or anyone who's even heard of okra -- let alone fried okra -- before. Pretty ureal thing to discover. I'm like, wait a minute.. Y'all really don't know what okra is? That's when I realized we're not in -Kansas- Oklahoma anymore.
Thanks for having the courage to cook for us. It truly blessed my day.
Your hands are your best tools in the kitchen!!! A pinch of this. A dash of that. A palm or palm full. 🤣😂😂😂. Taste - yup is good. 😂😂. Best way to cook.
The most accurate measuring tool,
Last year okra was my "try something new" veggie. Loved it! I had so much of it, though. I finally dehydrated it in little chunks. I throw a handful or two in soups and found it to be so yummy.
You’re my hero. Totally have a dehydrator and didn’t even think about using it for new veggies I’ve grown but was worried about not using it all. Especially since I want to try okra. Have totally had dried okra as a snack and now I’m way too excited. Lol
Some people dehydrate and grind them, adding the powder to soups.
Also, okra is what makes gumbo have its magical thickness!!!!! And pickled okra is a cheat sheet for tasting heaven early!
I LOVE watching a fellow country girl in the kitchen take a floured hand across her pants! Takes me back to my mom's kitchen as a little kid. Country moms rock! ^_^
Two things I learned frying chicken... One wet hand, one flour hand.... keeps your fingers from gunking up when you're in the kitchen frying pounds of food.
And cooking Asian food....I learned that using corn starch in batters lightens them up and makes them REALLY crispy! I add corn starch now instead of flour. Try it! I love it, especially on fish.
I love love love your cooking videos! I'm trying so hard to get more out of my garden, and you're my inspiration. Out of all the youtubers...your garden is just what I aspire to have. PLEASE don't stop making these...
You not being “sophisticated” in your cooking IS empowering! Thanks for coming out of your comfort zone to help me throw some okra in a pan💕
I know you don’t like doing cooking videos, but we’re thankful that you do! 🥰
Been growing okra in Texas, for 5 generations! Just made my pickle okra today, cannot wait for a taste test in a week!! Yum!
I’ve always been blessed with kids who will eat almost anything. My husband however, could live on bacon and coffee so hiding things in his food became a sport of sorts 😂
😂
@@Littlehighwayhomestead combo water good
Bet he’s skinny as a rail too!
Same 😂😂 except mine eats like a teenage boy! Pizza rolls, nuggs, and Mac!
Yours is quickly becoming my favorite TH-cam channel. Thank you for making such great videos and teaching in such a down to earth real way. 💖
Growin’ up, my arky/okey family called it okry. I had to get old enough to spell before I knew it was called okra. 🥰. Fried okra is the best!
You're like the rest of us, our hands are the best tools for all kinds of work. Rock on!!!
All the best chefs cook with their hands!
Random Thoughts: 1) I've worked with some of the greatest chefs in the world. They ALL say home cooking is the best. I have no doubt they'd ALL love your food. 2) I'm pretty squeamish and wince when I see people touching my food. However, I have ZERO problem with one person -- the actual cook -- cooking with her/his hands. After all, hands are the most useful tool in the kitchen. 3) Everyone who knows about food knows that simple is ALWAYS best. You should never feel the need to apologize for cooking that way. The greats always prefer true, simple, honest ingredients and combinations. That is the best way to actually taste the ingredients. 4) Your recommendation to taste the food and decide for yourself what it needs is the #1 most important way to become a great cook.Sure sometimes mistakes are made, but nothing beats tasting and deciding for yourself. 5) I've never tasted okra. Thanks to your video I have a sense of ways to explore it. For that I am very grateful. Thanks!
Okra is a prime component of Seafood Gumbo!!
Thanks for inviting us to your homestead.
I love Okra and have for all my life. I am 72 years old♥️
Jess, your hands are the tools God gave you first.
Use them.
Girl I think all of us southern girls batter everything with our hands lol. Hugs
Yep I cook with my hands all the time. I get a much better result.
I'm just trying to think of how one could possibly batter things any other way. Tongs? A fork? Impossible.
Most common vegetable in the Indian subcontinent 😁.
Lots of recipes available on you tube to cook it the Indian way : just search for bhindi recipes in English 😋.
Good to know! Thank you!
@@tcanderson1313 Welcome!!
Bhindi masala is my favorite dish to get at Indian restaurants 😋
@@cassandrabaker8060 So versatile and tasty !!
One way is to make fritters , cut into strips , make a spice mix with chickpea flour , turmeric , red chilli powder , cumin powder , chat masala and salt . Toss cut strips in the spice mix and a quick fry in hot oil , yum yummm😊.
We add it to our lentil and vege soup ( sambar ) which is spicy , sour ( with tamarind) and sweet ( with jaggery) , perfectly balanced .
That's because it is the only thing that can be farmed in our summer season. Fried okra in yoghurt is simply lip smacking.
On the package okra seeds that I bought and on the internet they said... Is not grown in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a sea klimate and the summers are wet and cool. That said, the past 4 years our country is 2 degrees warmer than it use to be. And it looks more like an inland klimate. So I gave it a try. I started the okra inside the house (I dont have a greenhouse) and they are planted now (27-7-2019) in the garden. The nights are still a bit on the chilly side. My okra is 50cm high and have just a few leafs. Lets hope the weather holds and I can change the internet by saying:" Okra grows in the Netherlands with care".
Holy crap! I just planted some okra, and had NO IDEA it got so big!!
My okra is just starting to produce well here in central Illinois...usually we just go the fried route, but I think roasted will be on the menu soon! With the breaded okra that ends up in my freezer, we've found that we can bake it in a 425 degree oven for about 20 minutes with a spritz of oil on it and get almost the same crispiness as frying delivers.
Mary Mansfield try it roasted. It is SO SO good. We’re in Indiana. My okra is just starting to give me a few pods a day. I’m DYING for a good mess of them.
Yay another central Illinois viewer, any central Illinois gardeners you’d suggest I watch for help?
@@ipudding111 He's more Chicagoland than central Illinois, but I highly recommend checking out One Yard Revolution's channel. Patrick is managing to grow year round in his backyard and has a whole lot of useful information on his channel. He's been a huge inspiration for me over the last couple of years.
More okra videos for 2020, plz! Love the videos that focus on one kind of food, from garden to table. This is a great format! ❤️👩🏻🌾
There are too many "sophisticated" cooking shows. You should start an "unsophisticated" show. Honestly, watching you cook reminds me of my great aunt and she was the best cook ever. She set the "real food" example for me when I was a kid and showed me that you can grow your own food. Thank you!
Being honest with your kids is so important! They would loose respect if they ever found out that they had been "tricked" into eating things they thought they didnt like! I really like the way you think!
Okra was my favorite vegetable growing up. My mom made spicy 🌶 pickled okra last year and it was absolutely to die for.
I love okra, anyway you cook it. My preference is okra and tomatoes. Cooked with bacon.
My mom made "Smothered Okra with Purple Onion" (with a healthy dash of soy sauce.) yum. I also love Okra and Tomatoes!
Do you just put in a pan with oil? Thanks!
@@Safari-ScarletI cook the bacon and onions, tomatoes and the okra. Really good with rice.
@@kathrinekerns8398 Thanks Katherine, I picked my first batch of Okra today and will being trying it out. It's one of my favorites too!
You know, sometimes we’ve also frozen it without the breading and bread it just before cooking
I know this video is a year old, but I thought I'd still add my 2 cents! I like to chop okra into small rounds and fry with a tiny amount of oil together with onion, garlic, red peppers thinly sliced and a small amount of chilli flakes. Once nice and soft just pile between two slices of buttered bread. Simple and delicious. My mum would prepare okra as a side dish like this. By the time we'd all snuck a bit in a slice of bread there would be hardly any left to go with the meal!
I love frying sliced Okra in Olive Oil and scrambling it with Eggs or adding it to Wild Rice. Great in Soup, too, of course! Growing some right now. Yum!
I’ve never had a pleasant experience with okra. I’m a small-town southeast Missouri girl. It’s always been slimy or mushy or just generally gross. My husband-a born and bred Arkansan-insisted that we grow it this year. Fingers crossed we can change my mind!
Have you tried pickled okra? It's my favorite way to eat it, not mushy and most of the slime isn't present!
The man at the farm market gives the little kids small okra pods to eat raw. My get grandaughter loves it.
@@katiegarrett822 m
you need to fry it a little bit in olive oil, just stir fry it and the slime is gone. I love it with beef as a stew... its absolutely one of my fave veggies ever.
I used to hate okra. Now I love it. Being married to a Southerner eventually brought me around. One of the best garden veggies.
I know im asking the wrong place but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
I was stupid forgot my password. I love any assistance you can give me.
@Emmitt Cairo Instablaster =)
The realness of frying things with your hands and your honesty is a big reason my family watches your channel 💗
A 24 min Okra video? Awesome!
I'd never heard of it until a year ago and I've never met a person in my country who has. I've been itching to plant some, but no nursery sells the seeds and no company ships to my country. I live in Africa, but far south and it's just not a thing here. I came across some seeds in a nursery that was hella expensive. But I got it and they're ready to plant out in about two weeks. Cant wait!
Okra was brought to america by slaves from Africa.
@@marthaperkins7531 I've read that is one of the theories. But honestly in the part where I live, we've never heard of it. And this is not one of the countries where slave trade took place. It probably originated in one of the more lush places...not many things grow well naturally in my country. And no one ships to here, so I cant order from anyone😭
You cook exactly like I do. Mix taste add. People hate to get a recipe from me because I say oh I add some of this. Little more of that. The recipe says do this but I do that. Having fun!!!
@@fiffihoneyblossom5891 How did your okra growing adventure go? Well, I hope.
@@FebbieG absolutely horrible 🤣I got one single fruit from 10 plants. my climate is too unpredictable for okra.the sea dew and cold mornings did not agree with it....just when I thought I got them to get some hight and a few flowers, our winter storms started. Our winters are mild, but we get terrible heat/sand storms that rage in from the desert. One day it's cool, the next its 48° and the wind rips out my pumpkins. I'll have to save up for a greenhouse or at least a cover roof, maybe I'll try again then.
Thats how i cook too!!! I just love watching you!! You an inspiration to me. I now talk to God in my garden. I have always thanked him but some how its different. Thankyou I bless you.
Thank you for this video! I grew up in Ohio and never even knew what okra was, but now I live in Florida and in the perfect climate to grow it so I'm planting some today!
I just bought some yesterday and am soooo excited to grow them!
Lol I think everyone secretly uses their hands as utensils while cooking 😝
JaderGem85 sign of a good! Cook!!!
@@patmaier6917 absolutely! My gran cooks like that and I always tell her she could make a ten course meal out of salt lol
Hand flipped tortillas
I know you said you don’t like it, but I have often wondered what you do with many of the things you grow! I am southern, have always grown the usual southern stuff. You inspire me to branch out! Having said that, there’s a ton of stuff that I would love to see you cook and show us how to preserve!!!! Sometimes, even just to see the inside, textures, and the descriptions of tastes. It helps me decide if I want to deal with trying something different. Like, I am not sure y’all have enough to do over there...more of this too please 😂 thanks a million for all the inspiration!!!!
I’m from Louisiana, I grow okra every year . We eat it smothered down . One trick to cut the slime down is to slow roast it for 1 1/2 ( you can freeze after or continue on to smother it with onions, bell pepper , garlic , sausage and chicken stock..... oven roasted , dehydrated (nice snack food) , fried , gumbo , a variety of stews and pickled . You can freeze enough okra for the winter and it’s a southern tradition because It’s a prolific producer with a long lasting growing season .
I love oven roasted okra ! Olive oil salt and pepper is how I bake it. Gets nice and crispy like a chip.
I'm growing 7 okra plants in a large container in Las Vegas. It's super hot here and they are thriving. I wish I'd had sown more. Easiest plant I've ever grown and I love them raw.
I love okra stew fried - a little water and a little olive oil. my new favorite way is to grill it. I put it whole in a bowl, drizzle a little olive oil with garlic salt. stir to coat and then just grill. it is so good
it does take about 45 - 55 minutes to get rid of the slime though.
My daughter has a air fryer - bet it would be good that way!
Luv the cornmeal/flour hips❤️❤️It’s how we roll
I have found adding a spoonful of cornstarch to the flour mixture makes it really crispy.
Bob's Red Mill cornmeal - Just up the road from me! And worker owned!
I just pan fried my first okra harvest! Thank you for convincing me to grow it; So easy to grow in texas.
Southern ladies rock !!!! ROLL TIDE
Tree stars, ahhh! I grew up on TLBT and now my kids love it.😊 God bless! I love okra
What's TLBT?
The Land Before Time, it's a cartoon kids movie about dinosaurs.
@@Harrowfarms oh haha! I totally know that movie. I was around then. =)
What are Tree stars
I believe a "true cook" cooks with their hands! 🙂😂
your family is so blessed to have you
Okra is my ultimate favorite veggie. I can eat it every day, 10 different ways. I love it so much. Yum!!
I love fried okra. But then I love stewed okra and gumbo and okra anyway. I may live in PA, but I'm a southern girl at heart.
Great video! Thank you. As a British ex-pat, transplanted to Texas, okra was alien to me. I now grow it and fry it in very shallow coconut oil, coated with almond flour, paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. Yummy! Will definitely try roasting it.
Sounds lo-pro👍
I love your cooking videos because they aren't staged, and you cook like I do. Chaotically and with snacking😁💕
I know you hate making cooking videos, but I really really appreciate. It's so valuable to newbie garderners like me!
I love that you roasted it! I had SO MUCH last year I didn’t know what else to do after pickling, frying and freezing. Screw it, let’s roast it and see how it turns out happened, it was absolutely delicious and now our favorite way to eat it. Now, I try to roast everything I grow just to see how it turns out. 😂
Yes it is... here up north (NYC,) if you don’t grow it you can’t find it and I love okra & tomatoes, onions-yummy!
grows great for me in Westchester
Yes...
ਓਕਰਾ ਦਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਅਲੱਗ ਹੀ ਸਵਾਦ ਹੈ ਬਸ ਗੱਠੇ ਵੱਧ ਪਾਏ ਹੋਣ ਫੇਰ ਬੜੀ ਸ਼ਾਨਦਾਰ ਬਣਦੀ ਹੈ ਇਹ ਭਿੰਡੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਸਬਜੀ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਬੂਟੇ ਲਾਲ ਰੰਗ ਦੇ ਵੀ ਨੇ ਵਾਹ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਵਾਰ ਦੇਖਣ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਇਹ ਲਾਲ ਬੂਟਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ ਜੀ
I got tired of frying several pans of little okra slices, so I started making okra patties. Best idea I ever had!
"Tree Stars!" Love it!!!!
Land before time 💕🦕💕🌱
Last week one of our next door neighbors brought us a couple of okra kabobs they'd grilled. They smelled divine, smoky. And for years I thought I didn't like okra.
I love that you make cooking videos because you are so REAL about it! Use your fingers! Don’t measure things! You should see me make my chicken 😂 I end up covered in egg and batter and flour lol
You are raw. You are real. You are ethereal my dear. Thank you for teaching us. XO
I like to literally just grill them whole. No salt, no spice, no oil. There’s usually residual oil on the grill. Also, I leave about an inch of the stem. It’s a convenient handle. I find grilled okra doesn’t have much of any sliminess. I might be weird, I love the flavor. The simpler the better for me. Super jealous of your yields.
I love adding okra to a frittata with zucchini, bacon, red capsicum and crumbled feta. We are lucky enough to grow okra as a perennial in the tropical north of Australia
I’m 55 and I love learning from you . You are naturally wonderful . Please keep up your videos .
If the okra stays red and green you could call it Christmas okra!
Normal to my household, too. All my life. Last week I fried some garden-picked okra after rolling it in cornmeal. I made fresh purple-hull peas, too. I like okra with fried chicken or pork chops. Even better with chicken and dumplings. (Sorry, I must be hungry.) We enjoy fried okra like one craves popcorn. Didn't realize there were so many varieties. Thanks for the info, Jess!
Grandma used to cut up okra and add corn, jalapenos etc and then she mixed flour and corn meal with salt and then fried it...mmmm. So, I make that sometimes...but mostly I fry it. It is not slimy when you fry it either. I've never baked it before. Enjoyed your video as I do most of them . Thank you for sharing.
I had never heard of Okra until I watched your show. I am from the UK 🇬🇧 and struggle to grow here. But I am determined to grow it 🤣 wish me luck for sunny days in the summer 💓
Jess you are a goddamn ANGEL!!! this will be my first time cooking okra....and I'm growing some to donate to my local community of refugees. thank you sweet friend!
Hi Jess ! Great video! I cook the exact same way... and I think it's great. Hands are sometimes, the BEST tool, and it does not need to be complicated or fancy to be delicious. It also adds a bit of love that will never accompany factory-made food. Fried okra was a food that I craved as a toddler (in Texas, of course ;) and I haven't had it in a while due to moving up to the northeast... and your video just brought it all back. thank you !!!!! tons of love from PA ...and keep teaching cooking as blissfully simplistic as possible. Hugs
I think you've convinced me to grow okra next summer. Love your cooking style!
A very popular Brasilian dish is ‘Chicken with Okra’ - ‘Frango com Quiabo’.
This Oklahoma girl agrees!!! We are all about our Okra in the South!!! In Oklahoma, it just isn’t right to have bbq without our fried Okra!!!
I just found your channel. I’m so glad I did! I can’t wait to watch more. This is my second year of having a garden. Last year was 1 box and now our back porch is full. I’m hooked. I always thought I had a black thumb. Last year for Mother’s Day I asked my hubby for a garden. I found you tonight looking up okra. I got my first flowers today and they are so pretty.
I love to roast some okra then cook with canned diced tomatoes. My youngest child would eat fried okra like most people eat popcorn as his evening snack.
Hands are the best kitchen tool, don't let anyone fool you! I use my hands for almost everything honestly, my hands are always coated in an inch of breading by the end of breading chicken I swear
Thank you for your down to earth video. It's like getting help from a sister. I like that you mix with your hands. I can't wait to roast my first batch of okra tonight!
I love okra, of course fried is the best😂. I finally tried raw okra this year and it's a great snack while working in the garden especially when okra is just beginning to produce. I'm hoping my okra picks up enough to pickle some since I remember it as something my grandmother did who is my inspiration
Love your simple and honest way of cooking, thank you! Keep them coming!
Serenity Woods== me too!
Some people just cut the okra into disks and freeze on a cookie sheet, bag up once frozen, then coat with cornmeal when you want to have fried okra.
I’m growing okra this year and I’m going to try your recipes 😊. Thank you
I love all the cooking videos they are some of my favorites! Thank you for making them❤❤❤
Thanks so much for making this video! As a kiwi girl, we’re pretty unfamiliar with okra but I’m excited to grow it this coming spring!
I'm a NZer too but moved to the southwestern US and okra has been my favorite garden discovery here!! I would be interested to know how well it grows in NZ because we only plant it when the soil temp is around 90, so it is usually the last thing I put in the ground.
It's a beautiful plant!!
I grew up in Central MS, eating fried okra. My g-gmother lived near me when I was in college and I went to see her a couple of times a week. She loved boiled okra and she loved to cook when I came over cause she hated to eat alone. She asked me if I liked boiled okra ; I hated it cause of the slime, but told her that I liked it. After eating it a few times with her, I grew to love it, too. The things you do for the ones you love. lol
From the bottom of louisiana i appreciate this video. This was my first year growing them.
Hey, you cook like me and I'm not from the South...l🤣😂 I'm from Oregon...born and raise and I grow okra in my garden 😁 fried is the only way I eat it, but think I'm going to step out of my comfort zone and try It other ways too. Thanks for the inspiration. 👍👍
Thank you for doing this video. Okra is not something we have ever grown and I wouldn't have had a clue how to cook it. Appreciate you!
Broil and grilled okra is scrumptious
I understand the "hide some veg in the kids' meals" tactic, especially for city kids who really have no connection to the food's origins/growth. I feel for those Moms, and encourage them to garden, even if it's just a tomato or pepper plant in a window, polinated by a small soft artist's brush.
I was raised as a city kid with some farm experience; Mom made this rule: "Take a little bit, a small spoonful, and taste it. You MUST at least eat that much. If you like it, take as much as you wish, but don't take more than you will eat, because you have to eat whatever you put on your plate." So, two rules: One to ensure we were exposed to a variety of foods, and had to try them without prejudice; the second to teach us not to waste food.