@@Selfsufficientme I`m from Louisiana. I told one of my Australian friends about okra and she had never heard of it. LOL! I like to brown large cut sections in a pan with real butter. Don`t overheat and keep rolling them around until they`re a bit brown. Then sprinkle with some garlic, onion powder, and Cajun seasoning, roll them around a bit to coat them evenly, then put a lid on and turn off the heat. Let it sit for a minute or two and enjoy. It isn`t slimey that way. I like it for breakfast.
@@Selfsufficientme as @Forrest Smith told you in Louisiana we use it to make okra gumbo. Here’s a fun fact about that, French is part of our Louisiana heritage, and the French word for okra is gombo, so our okra gumbo could also be called gombo gumbo. 😂
@@kpolart4137 o·kra early 18th century: a West African word, perhaps from the root nkru ; compare with nkran, the name of the town Europeanized as Accra. The name okra comes from the Gold Coast of Africa language twi, as "nkruman," and was gradually abridged to okra. The first use of the word okra (Alternatively; okro or ochro) appeared on 1679 in the Colony of Virginia, deriving from the Igbo word ọ́kụ̀rụ̀.[7] The word gumbo was first recorded to be used in American vernacular around 1805, deriving from Louisiana Creole,[8] but originates from either the Umbundu word ochinggômbo[9] or the Kimbundu word ki-ngombo.[10] In Cuba and Puerto Rico, the vegetable is referred to as quimbombó and is used in dishes such as quimbombó guisado (stewed okra), a dish very similar to Southern gumbo.[11][12] Despite the fact that in most of the United States the word gumbo often refers to the dish, gumbo, many places in the Deep South still use it to refer to the pods and plant as well as many other variants of the word found across the African diaspora in the Americas.[13]
Hey Mark! Thank you for your inspiration to be better and do better. Im from south eastern, USA. I live with PTSD and I can’t tell you how much watching, listening and “getting into it” have helped me to reposition my perspectives on life towards family, self sufficiency and....then again I probably don’t have to as I believe you very well understand. Thank you from one home dad to another- .
G'day Russell! PTSD is a major issue worldwide and whilst I know it's not always this simple, I'm a true believer that focusing outwards such as on family/friends and also devoting time to self-help programs like getting into self-sufficiency really does help to cope with this condition. Thanks for your feedback - it makes my day reading comments like yours - and keep "getting into it" mate! Cheers :)
Here in the south US (Florida), we grow okra every year. You're so right about it handling the heat, and it certainly does get hot (and humid) here. I put okra in soups and gumbo, but my favorite is fried okra! That really cuts down on the sliminess, and it's delicious! Many people here cut and freeze okra, but since I like to fry it and want it crunchy, I water bath can mine using a little vinegar. It stays crisp for years that way - just drain, egg wash and corn meal, and fry it up! I got the recipe from Old Alabama Gardener here on TH-cam a few years ago.
Please share your water bath recipe. I usually freeze my okra because I prefer fried okra. Oh.. and for me, I usually cut it up and leave it out to dry out. It reduces the slime and then, when frying, the rest of the slime evaporates easily
Here in the Philippines okra is a well loved vegetable. We boil, grill, fry and even add it in soup. Also eating it raw just like you did might help normalize blood sugar. Its good for the gut too 🙂
In Vietnam, as a young child, my family would stir fry the okra until they become very tender and the slimness comes out. The best part of the okra when I was younger. Haha.
Omg your growing sorrel, hibiscus rosella, in Jamaica we love it . Draw it with ginger to make a nice refreshing drink add a bit of rum if you like lol . Enjoy
@Yahsdaughter2375 remove fruit from plant remove petals from seeds or not if preferred then boil in enough water to cover and use and make into beverage.,if you remove petals only make into jam or jelly
I love your channel, and also, Okra has an interesting history! I live in Texas so the plant grows absolutely INSANE through the summer. My Okra was like 7-8 feet tall and it was absolutely bonkers. They grow well in the heat and they are pretty drought tolerant. We were harvesting a ton of it from a couple of beds, probably 6 spears a day on average for a couple months through the start of summer and into late. It's such a durable and beautiful plant. Thanks for the great video! Happy gardening!
Texas here, too! I love his channel and am amazed at how much stuff our gardens have in common on the other side of the world. I like to wash it, slice and roll it in cornmeal with salt and pepper - then fry it up! So sooo good and no slime issues. No soaking required.
@@karendaniel8149 Australia and Texas have such a similar climate, I've been thinking that same thing lately! Amazing how similar both the climates are to one another! I love pickling my Okra; I think that's my favorite way to eat it outside of frying it. Definitely give it a try sometime if you haven't already!
@@VoidWeaver Right?! We had a guest from Aussie come stay with us for the month of November. She left with a bit of a Tx drawl and I picked up a lot of her accent. She fit right in here with us. Had my brother married her, we could have kept her! (lol) I love pickled okra, too. I started growing it so I could pickle it for my youngest.
I grew Okra last year for the first time and I will say that I loved it. It yielded so much in one growing season for me. I didn't know all of the health benefits until I grew it. I can can definitely say for sure I saw improvements in my health.
Been curious to try Okra for awhile now! So happy to watch this video and read peoples comments/cooking recommendations! Keep it up! Lovin your videos! Big thumbs up from Canada!
Also fermented okra is amazing! Because of the liquid fiber they're just about a fool proof ferment. Salt brine with 2 or 3 garlic cloves per quart jar will result in a truly great pickle that you can also put on sandwiches
Fun fact from the southern US: okra is pronounced oak-ra. We serve it in gumbo, breaded in a cornmeal mixture and fried in cast iron, and chopped into vegetable beef soup. It is even chopped and eaten in salads.
I’m growing okra for the first time this year. I’m looking forward to enjoying its health benefits and seeing this beautiful vegetable growing in the garden. So far the plants are doing quite well. They really do love the heat and are their happiest when everything else is wilting.
Love, love, LOVE okra 👍🤗🥰 especially in Gumbo! I got to experience Cajun foods when I lived in the USA in the 90s ... okra was/is a staple veggie ... and that sliminess makes the best consistency in recipes. Thanks for the video - I had not seen the red okra before but I am going to grow some alongside my green okra plants.
Love this channel! I've been on a binge watching your videos. I scroll into the comment section expecting to see meanies, but I find the most wholesome comments. Best part of youtube! I'm not too much of a green thumb, living circumstances doesn't give me that freedom, but one day I hope to get into it and use the knowledge I've learnt from this channel. ❤
Thank you Kodie! You'll get a green thumb pretty quickly with a bit of practice food gardening is easy. Yes, thankfully there are not too many nasty comments on my videos but I still get my share lol... Doesn't bother me though. Cheers :)
I use to buy organic frozen okra. I learned a tip from the foodie guy, Alton Brown, to thaw okra with some running water in a colander, 2-3 times rinse it off. Also, let it thaw 30 minutes or a tad more. I fry it up rolling the thawed okra in coconut flour & tapioca flour in frying okra in a pan of coconut oil & olive oil....oh my is it delicious! No slime! Thanks for your videos. I hope soon I can grow okra.
I found once I started cooking that roasting okra is a game changer! Delicious. A farmer told me to eat it like a carrot. I love them that way too. No goo.
I live is south Mississippi. Like other commenters have said, we fry it or pickle it , but another southern way is to cut it up and boil it with copped tomatoes. Season it with salt, pepper, etc and serve it with rice. I grew up eating it that way. Another mention would be the itchiness if it. Some people can tolerate it, but I can’t. I get whelps anytime the leaves touch me, so the picking is my husbands job
I am in the Southern US, it grows like crazy here. I like the small ones fried, use the bigger ones to add into soups and other dishes to thicken them, okra is also great pickled with a few hot peppers.
@@CarobVids I am in Southern Appalachia, but as far as I know it grows very well in most of the South, it loves the heat ( I think there are varieties for further North tho)
We cook it fried that's the way you cook okra here in the south.. breaded with egg and.. some people use cornmeal... I have eaten okra every way it is been served.. I love the stuff so it's probably the next thing we're going to grow anyway..
First, thanks for posting on my birthday. Second, I grew up helping my dad grow okra in Central Texas. My proudest moment was when I, at 6 years old, was allowed to take a sharp knife to harvest some small pods for dinner. Second, my favorite way to cook and eat okra is to blanch the small pods until they are tender, dose them with butter and salt and pepper, and eat them, slime and all. As a kid, I hardly chewed them at all. I believe that it was okra that set me up to eat raw oysters. LOL I enjoy your teaching style. Thanks.
In the South USA we slice it, bread it with cornmeal and deep fry in oil, boil it and cover in butter, steam it, put it in gumbo. I agree with you about picking it young, I don't like it once it gets larger and tastes like eating a piece of wood!
I live in the southern US, and okra 'n tomatoes is a big thing here as a side dish, as is fried okra. We slice it and batter it with cornmeal and deep fry it. And my boyfriend also likes adding cooked okra to macaroni and cheese, of all things, along with chopped fresh tomatoes and crumbled bacon. It's divine! I love it in soups too. The slime doesn't bother me lol. LOOOOVE okra!!! Hoping to grow some for the first time this year. ❤😋
This little easy to swallow joke had me spitting my water out with laughter. I love your channel so much. Its jammed full or jokes, advice and just general happy gardening and conversation!! :-D
I never used to like okra because of the excessive goo but I sure love the fresh taste. An Indian woman taught me that if you fry okra instead of stewing it (lack of water when you cook it) it will keep the goo factor low. She was right. If you slice them lengthwise and dust the middle with turmeric, salt and garam maasala and then fry them quickly with a dash of chili powder, they are absolutely delicious with only a little bit of "silkiness." I hope some of you who don't care for it try it this way. You can fry it crisp but I only half cook it and eat it while it's still crunchy. Nice growing tips! Okra is so expensive where I'm from. I might just try to plant some next year! Thanks!
I grew up in the north, but live in the south now. We just tried okra for the first time in a stir fry and now I want to grow it! Thanks for the video.
Love okra. I usually cook them with a dish that I can incorporate bitter melons as well. Usually stirfry ground beef and add cut up okras and bitter melons the last few minutes of cooking to keep that crispy al dente texture. Served over a bed of hot rice. Okra and bitter melons are some of the superfoods along with moringa leaves served in salads.
I grew up on Okra in Appalachian cooking but haven’t seen it much in Australia. This is the best advice I’ve seen for Okra in the Southern Hemisphere. Cheers!
its better when its young, medium sized..just boil it with onions, vinegar, salt and pepper..its soft when cooked..yummy! Phils here..we love veggies! Nice channel of yours! 👏👍
Another tip....if you top okra when it's about 3 feet tall, it will put out side shoots that are easier to pick, and you get more okra :) The only drawback is it sets growth back about 2-3 weeks, which is not a concern if you have a long hot summer like California, the southern U.S. or Oz.
@@authorityfigure1630 When okra is about 3 to 4 feet tall, cut off the top foot or so of it, and don't strip the leaves off of the main stem...let shoots grow. This is 'topping'. This causes a bushy affect and the plants generally have to be spaced a little farther apart to give them room. This might be a problem in raised beds, I don't know. This works extremely well for peppers too, but the technique is a little different. There is plenty of info on google/youtube about pepper topping. Good luck :)
I love it! Just bought a huge bag at the markets and one plant. I used a bunch of it in a spicy Middle Eastern beef stew and dredged the rest in yoghurt (no buttermilk) and then spiced flour and shallow fried as a snack. I know it’s the wrong time for planting but it’s still warm so maybe it will last through the two days of winter before it warms up again 😉
I just received a pack of okra seeds from a local grower in Singapore! can't wait to plant it, thanks for your tips Mark! i always come back to your videos whenever I'm trying to plant something new
Dehydrated as crunchy snack, in gumbo/soup, deep fried...those are my fav ways to eat. I live near Chicago and will grow for the first time this year. Glad for the tips.
So happy I found your channel! I'm from Malaysia and we love okra! I've been starting to grow some vegetables myself even though I am a bit intimidated with gardening. Every bit of encouragements and tips really help :)
Thank you! Don't let gardening intimidate you get out there and show it who's boss - trial and error - I bet you will have more successes than failures. Cheers :)
I love okra! When I was tiny, I remember my Texas kin bring in bushel baskets of okra and slicing it and frying it up in cornmeal. The Best way! I grow Clemson Spineless in Missouri. I didn't even fertilize it, and I've still got some frozen.
I've got family that hails from the American South and we LOVE okra! We eat it fried up with a cornmeal breading and it is great! Wonderful video as usual!
I love Okra and grow it every year.. Funny you mention 'the barbie' at the end because that's exactly how I prefer it..Skewered,sprayed with olive oil and sprinkled with garlic and ground black pepper..The direct heat of the grilling process dries up the sliminess just enough and it's delicious.. Okra is a super food and I'm sad when I have to buy it at the store or when it's out of season.. I grow a lot of Okra and it's the most popular veggie that my friends request every year. Just got some of the orange variety to try to liven things up a bit.. Hope you have a great growing season..
Growing up in California, I didn't know what okra was, but I remember seeing the slices in some of the Campbell soups. I am growing it for the first time this year and enjoying it very much.
Love okra. Try making okra with ground peanuts , ginger, garlic and onions. Add turmeric, cumin powder ,salt and lemon juice. …… it’s yummy. Thanks to your tips I am growing okra this year for the first time. Thank you.
My dad grew Okra in California every season. My mom would sometimes boil it. If you can get passed the slime, it is delicious! Also my mom would pickle young Okra. Yum! Best way though is frying. 1/2 cup all purpose flour, 1/2 cup white corn meal, salt and pepper to taste. Dredge okra in the dry mixture. Fry in 1/4" of hot oil in hot skillet. Let it get a little blackened before turning. I guarantee you will love it. The slime will go away in the frying. I blanch and shock my okra after picking. Place in boiling water for around 4 minutes. Immediately plunge in ice water. Place in freezer bags and freeze it. Lasts up to a year. Bon Appetit e.
My husband and I love watching your videos, we live in Columbia, South Carolina USA. I can't wait to purchase our raised beds, because planting in the gound is a challenge because of our bad backs and knees,. I plan to sow some okra in the next couple weeks. Please post a video of how you prepare it ! That would be great! Thank you keep the videos coming.
I've never seen okra in a color like that. It's very pretty. I am growing okra for the first time and it's doing fairly well. I don't bread it to fry, but fry it plain in some butter or coconut oil (just enough to make it get crispy), sprinkle with some Tony's. Yum! I also put it in a chocolate shake and a brownie recipe. As long as it's blended really well, you can't tell. Good in soups, gumbo and picked too.
..."and if anything, at least, you're easy to SWALLOW" 🤣🤣🤣 I love it boiled, fried or incorporated into a dish! I'm attempting container growing for the first time this year. Grew them as a kid in tropical climates. This was an enlightening piece, you taught me of a new varietal. Have a high yielding season! 🥰
Okra one of my favorites. Last year was the first I have grown it, and I dont think a single pod made it into the house, as I would eat them while doing garden tasks or while harvesting everything else. I learned the hard way to not let them get too big. even one day makes quite a difference.
Here in the SE. US, okra deep fried in cornbread batter is a favorite side dish. Some like it stewed with tomatoes and onions. I like to chop and sautee in butter, then cover with beaten eggs for breakfast. It gives the eggs a little crunch, tastes better than it sounds.
I love small okra steamed until just tender and served with butter and salt. Yum! A favourite for sure. Thanks for the tips. Trying to grow it for the first time this year : )
I have grown okra for the last three years, and have enjoyed it. I agree with you don't let them get to long. Thank you for sharing your 5 great tips! Yes, frying okra is the way I like it.
Okra produces here on the southeastern US until the frost kills it. My husband and I love to eat it straight off the stalk raw like you do. Or any way we cook it. Remind folks to cut the pods off in a timely manner as it slows down if there’s lots of pods on it. I enjoy your you tube very much. Before we had raised beds like your metal ones in US, I used 4 foot diameter water pipe a 20 ft section cut into 30” high pieces. They were a booger to fill like any would be. But I love them. Painted them different colors because they were black and would be too hot here in the mid south in summer. Keep up the good work!! Thanks
I wait till 90f weather to plant both okra and Armenian cucumbers. Last summer crops I direct seed. Fried okra is yummy too. Wash if dirty, dry well. Slice and fry in ghee. Toss with any seasoning you like... I like graham masala. Tasty treat. Dry cooking is best to limit mucilage. Or embrace the slime in gumbo or fish tomato dishes to thicken them. Yummy
I always stayed away cuz of all the chatter about the “slime”…..it’s wonderful! N the slime talk is waaay overrated. Sautéed some w cabbage ,carrots n onion… YUM! Thx brother Mark🌸
It's interesting what is and isn't an acquired food for different people. I grew up eating gumbo and fried okra and have always found the texture satisfying. I also know that many in Japan are used to a similar texture. It's cool how our tastes can adapt to something earlier or later. Cool video, I want to grow okra like my grandma.
Grilled or pan roaster or stir fry will remove on the sliminess. It freezes well whole, to cook just cut into pieces and roast directly from the freezer using oil, salt, pepper and cumin.
If you have never grown okra you should and these are great tips. I coat them with a little oil and pick a seasoning to sprinkle on and put them right on the grill. Not slimy at all that way. They taste great with a little char.
This year I'm growing my first okra and have actually 5 different plants. I can not wait to see the results and finally eat them. I love fried okra the best and also in gumbo...
Not my favorite to eat but my absolute favorite to grow. I make it in soup and slice it thin. It thickens the soup taking most of the slime out. As usual this is a very nice video.
I love okra first thing I put in my garden. It's hot in Florida and knew it would be fine here. I got 3 plants in 10 gal containers. They are doing great flowers just started dropping.
You can avoid the sliminess by cutting, salt and pepper, roll in cornmeal, and deep fry ... southern recipe! Delicious!
I was just going to tell him to bread them before frying, too. Hoo hoo, YUM!
We do that in Sri Lanka too. Can easily polish off half a kilo in a sitting lol
I love fried okra with garlic powder flowered and fried
Love the okra. In Louisiana we use okra in our gumbo, the "slime" works as a thickener.
I just watched a video on making Gumbo - I'm looking forward to trying it! Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme I`m from Louisiana. I told one of my Australian friends about okra and she had never heard of it. LOL! I like to brown large cut sections in a pan with real butter. Don`t overheat and keep rolling them around until they`re a bit brown. Then sprinkle with some garlic, onion powder, and Cajun seasoning, roll them around a bit to coat them evenly, then put a lid on and turn off the heat. Let it sit for a minute or two and enjoy. It isn`t slimey that way. I like it for breakfast.
@@Selfsufficientme as @Forrest Smith told you in Louisiana we use it to make okra gumbo. Here’s a fun fact about that, French is part of our Louisiana heritage, and the French word for okra is gombo, so our okra gumbo could also be called gombo gumbo. 😂
@@kpolart4137
o·kra
early 18th century: a West African word, perhaps from the root nkru ; compare with nkran, the name of the town Europeanized as Accra.
The name okra comes from the Gold Coast of Africa language twi, as "nkruman," and was gradually abridged to okra.
The first use of the word okra (Alternatively; okro or ochro) appeared on 1679 in the Colony of Virginia, deriving from the Igbo word ọ́kụ̀rụ̀.[7] The word gumbo was first recorded to be used in American vernacular around 1805, deriving from Louisiana Creole,[8] but originates from either the Umbundu word ochinggômbo[9] or the Kimbundu word ki-ngombo.[10] In Cuba and Puerto Rico, the vegetable is referred to as quimbombó and is used in dishes such as quimbombó guisado (stewed okra), a dish very similar to Southern gumbo.[11][12] Despite the fact that in most of the United States the word gumbo often refers to the dish, gumbo, many places in the Deep South still use it to refer to the pods and plant as well as many other variants of the word found across the African diaspora in the Americas.[13]
@@fredjones6601 What’s your reason for sending me this?
I'm from Oklahoma and we love fried okra! I'm trying to grow it for the first time this year, and your tips are a huge help!
I'm on Oklahoma, too. Love my okra!
I'm doing my first try too this year. The say the summer here in Sweden this year will be hot, so I'll have a go.
FROM TEXAS HERE…We love Okra sliced and fried. It’s a must for our seafood gumbo-nothing like OKRA. ❤
Hey Mark! Thank you for your inspiration to be better and do better. Im from south eastern, USA. I live with PTSD and I can’t tell you how much watching, listening and “getting into it” have helped me to reposition my perspectives on life towards family, self sufficiency and....then again I probably don’t have to as I believe you very well understand.
Thank you from one home dad to another- .
G'day Russell! PTSD is a major issue worldwide and whilst I know it's not always this simple, I'm a true believer that focusing outwards such as on family/friends and also devoting time to self-help programs like getting into self-sufficiency really does help to cope with this condition. Thanks for your feedback - it makes my day reading comments like yours - and keep "getting into it" mate! Cheers :)
Here in the south US (Florida), we grow okra every year. You're so right about it handling the heat, and it certainly does get hot (and humid) here. I put okra in soups and gumbo, but my favorite is fried okra! That really cuts down on the sliminess, and it's delicious! Many people here cut and freeze okra, but since I like to fry it and want it crunchy, I water bath can mine using a little vinegar. It stays crisp for years that way - just drain, egg wash and corn meal, and fry it up! I got the recipe from Old Alabama Gardener here on TH-cam a few years ago.
Sounds great Carol thanks for sharing your tips! Cheers :)
Can you share more about how you can this? And share your recipe. I’m excited!!!
Please share your water bath recipe. I usually freeze my okra because I prefer fried okra.
Oh.. and for me, I usually cut it up and leave it out to dry out. It reduces the slime and then, when frying, the rest of the slime evaporates easily
Here in the Philippines okra is a well loved vegetable. We boil, grill, fry and even add it in soup. Also eating it raw just like you did might help normalize blood sugar. Its good for the gut too 🙂
I love okra especially in pinakbet! 😁
In Vietnam, as a young child, my family would stir fry the okra until they become very tender and the slimness comes out. The best part of the okra when I was younger. Haha.
And my gut needs a lot of help!
Thanks for sharing about the Okra
Okra is an awesome vegetable. Makes great tasting curries
Omg your growing sorrel, hibiscus rosella, in Jamaica we love it . Draw it with ginger to make a nice refreshing drink add a bit of rum if you like lol . Enjoy
Yes, we also make it into a jam/jelly and it's delicious. I will take your advice and try it with rum! Cheers :)
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@Yahsdaughter2375 remove fruit from plant remove petals from seeds or not if preferred then boil in enough water to cover and use and make into beverage.,if you remove petals only make into jam or jelly
give us RECIPE exactly HTDI, pls! Thx!
@@milopetrovic6437 th-cam.com/video/tcrM0FD0Lxs/w-d-xo.html, if this helps.
Pickled okra is not just a garnish for the best bloody mary ever, it's also amazing on its own.
I love your channel, and also, Okra has an interesting history! I live in Texas so the plant grows absolutely INSANE through the summer. My Okra was like 7-8 feet tall and it was absolutely bonkers. They grow well in the heat and they are pretty drought tolerant. We were harvesting a ton of it from a couple of beds, probably 6 spears a day on average for a couple months through the start of summer and into late. It's such a durable and beautiful plant. Thanks for the great video! Happy gardening!
I'm in Texas too! Yep love it fried up with collards
Texas here, too! I love his channel and am amazed at how much stuff our gardens have in common on the other side of the world. I like to wash it, slice and roll it in cornmeal with salt and pepper - then fry it up! So sooo good and no slime issues. No soaking required.
@@karendaniel8149 Australia and Texas have such a similar climate, I've been thinking that same thing lately! Amazing how similar both the climates are to one another! I love pickling my Okra; I think that's my favorite way to eat it outside of frying it. Definitely give it a try sometime if you haven't already!
@@VoidWeaver Right?! We had a guest from Aussie come stay with us for the month of November. She left with a bit of a Tx drawl and I picked up a lot of her accent. She fit right in here with us. Had my brother married her, we could have kept her! (lol) I love pickled okra, too. I started growing it so I could pickle it for my youngest.
I'm in Texas too. When do you plant okra here in Texas. Thnx.
Okra is perfect for thickening up soups. Even dehydrated with some salt makes a delicious snack.
I grew Okra last year for the first time and I will say that I loved it. It yielded so much in one growing season for me. I didn't know all of the health benefits until I grew it. I can can definitely say for sure I saw improvements in my health.
Been curious to try Okra for awhile now! So happy to watch this video and read peoples comments/cooking recommendations! Keep it up! Lovin your videos! Big thumbs up from Canada!
Also fermented okra is amazing! Because of the liquid fiber they're just about a fool proof ferment. Salt brine with 2 or 3 garlic cloves per quart jar will result in a truly great pickle that you can also put on sandwiches
Love okra, steamed on its own, in soups and even drinks, thanks for sharing.
Pickled is good to. Rolled up with cream cheese.
Digioia lifesLovers oh I love okra too. I never knew ppl put it in drinks. I will have to learn those recipes!
@@thehomeplatespecial597 in Jamaica we do & add ginger &lime to it. Some blanche the okra some just blend with water
I just steam and eat..slime and all. My favorite. Going to use your tips to grow some this year! Thanks !
Okra and tomatoes stewed. Healthy and delicious. Loved it fried also.
Fun fact from the southern US: okra is pronounced oak-ra.
We serve it in gumbo, breaded in a cornmeal mixture and fried in cast iron, and chopped into vegetable beef soup. It is even chopped and eaten in salads.
We say okry.lol
awwwwkra grows well in mullssshhh.
I’m growing okra for the first time this year. I’m looking forward to enjoying its health benefits and seeing this beautiful vegetable growing in the garden. So far the plants are doing quite well. They really do love the heat and are their happiest when everything else is wilting.
Love, love, LOVE okra 👍🤗🥰 especially in Gumbo! I got to experience Cajun foods when I lived in the USA in the 90s ... okra was/is a staple veggie ... and that sliminess makes the best consistency in recipes. Thanks for the video - I had not seen the red okra before but I am going to grow some alongside my green okra plants.
Very inspirational;I have planted only 6 plants but they have been producing enough fruits for my small family.
We love okra stir fry it with garlic , turmeric and salt. It goes well with lentil soup (Indian sambar) yum :)
Love this channel! I've been on a binge watching your videos. I scroll into the comment section expecting to see meanies, but I find the most wholesome comments. Best part of youtube! I'm not too much of a green thumb, living circumstances doesn't give me that freedom, but one day I hope to get into it and use the knowledge I've learnt from this channel. ❤
Thank you Kodie! You'll get a green thumb pretty quickly with a bit of practice food gardening is easy. Yes, thankfully there are not too many nasty comments on my videos but I still get my share lol... Doesn't bother me though. Cheers :)
I use to buy organic frozen okra. I learned a tip from the foodie guy, Alton Brown, to thaw okra with some running water in a colander, 2-3 times rinse it off. Also, let it thaw 30 minutes or a tad more. I fry it up rolling the thawed okra in coconut flour & tapioca flour in frying okra in a pan of coconut oil & olive oil....oh my is it delicious! No slime! Thanks for your videos. I hope soon I can grow okra.
I found once I started cooking that roasting okra is a game changer! Delicious. A farmer told me to eat it like a carrot. I love them that way too. No goo.
I live is south Mississippi. Like other commenters have said, we fry it or pickle it , but another southern way is to cut it up and boil it with copped tomatoes. Season it with salt, pepper, etc and serve it with rice. I grew up eating it that way. Another mention would be the itchiness if it. Some people can tolerate it, but I can’t. I get whelps anytime the leaves touch me, so the picking is my husbands job
I am in the Southern US, it grows like crazy here. I like the small ones fried, use the bigger ones to add into soups and other dishes to thicken them, okra is also great pickled with a few hot peppers.
Where in the south? I love okra. Wouldn't mind living where they grow like crazy
@@CarobVids I am in Southern Appalachia, but as far as I know it grows very well in most of the South, it loves the heat ( I think there are varieties for further North tho)
I love okra, in Trinidad and Tobago we use it in a soup like dish called Callaloo. Delicious!
Here in the south meaning Texas we roll okra in corn meal and fry it up, ketchup on the side. Serve with fried chicken and collards. Yummy
Ok leslie thats the stuff!!
Ketchup, really? pfft
Yes indeed!
Yep, love me some fried okra with ketchup.
Hot sauce.
We cook it fried that's the way you cook okra here in the south.. breaded with egg and.. some people use cornmeal... I have eaten okra every way it is been served.. I love the stuff so it's probably the next thing we're going to grow anyway..
First, thanks for posting on my birthday. Second, I grew up helping my dad grow okra in Central Texas. My proudest moment was when I, at 6 years old, was allowed to take a sharp knife to harvest some small pods for dinner. Second, my favorite way to cook and eat okra is to blanch the small pods until they are tender, dose them with butter and salt and pepper, and eat them, slime and all. As a kid, I hardly chewed them at all. I believe that it was okra that set me up to eat raw oysters. LOL I enjoy your teaching style. Thanks.
In the South USA we slice it, bread it with cornmeal and deep fry in oil, boil it and cover in butter, steam it, put it in gumbo.
I agree with you about picking it young, I don't like it once it gets larger and tastes like eating a piece of wood!
Steamed properly Okra has NO SLIME
Best okra tutorial hand down!
I live in the southern US, and okra 'n tomatoes is a big thing here as a side dish, as is fried okra. We slice it and batter it with cornmeal and deep fry it. And my boyfriend also likes adding cooked okra to macaroni and cheese, of all things, along with chopped fresh tomatoes and crumbled bacon. It's divine! I love it in soups too. The slime doesn't bother me lol. LOOOOVE okra!!! Hoping to grow some for the first time this year. ❤😋
This little easy to swallow joke had me spitting my water out with laughter. I love your channel so much. Its jammed full or jokes, advice and just general happy gardening and conversation!! :-D
I can't stand okra myself but others in the family love it, and it's REALLY easy to grow a bunch of it. So okra always has a spot in my garden. :)
It grows great in the US Deep South. An old fashioned variety called "Star of David "grew 14 and a half feet in my garden.
So great in soups, stews and pickling. YUM!
I love okra, it’s one of my favorite vegetables
People, hit the like button! Thats how its spread around! Lots of health benefits to okra!
…and the okra flower is truly beautiful. It just keeps pumping out flowers and fruit all through the hottest days. Great plant.
I never used to like okra because of the excessive goo but I sure love the fresh taste. An Indian woman taught me that if you fry okra instead of stewing it (lack of water when you cook it) it will keep the goo factor low. She was right. If you slice them lengthwise and dust the middle with turmeric, salt and garam maasala and then fry them quickly with a dash of chili powder, they are absolutely delicious with only a little bit of "silkiness." I hope some of you who don't care for it try it this way. You can fry it crisp but I only half cook it and eat it while it's still crunchy. Nice growing tips! Okra is so expensive where I'm from. I might just try to plant some next year! Thanks!
We are growing some for the 1st time this year! We love it pickled and fried!
I grew up in the north, but live in the south now. We just tried okra for the first time in a stir fry and now I want to grow it! Thanks for the video.
Love okra. I usually cook them with a dish that I can incorporate bitter melons as well. Usually stirfry ground beef and add cut up okras and bitter melons the last few minutes of cooking to keep that crispy al dente texture. Served over a bed of hot rice.
Okra and bitter melons are some of the superfoods along with moringa leaves served in salads.
Must be very bitter, yak.
I grew up on Okra in Appalachian cooking but haven’t seen it much in Australia. This is the best advice I’ve seen for Okra in the Southern Hemisphere. Cheers!
its better when its young, medium sized..just boil it with onions, vinegar, salt and pepper..its soft when cooked..yummy! Phils here..we love veggies! Nice channel of yours! 👏👍
Love okra just discovered it great in soups, stews. Tonight going to roast in the oven with pepper salt and olive oil.
Another tip....if you top okra when it's about 3 feet tall, it will put out side shoots that are easier to pick, and you get more okra :) The only drawback is it sets growth back about 2-3 weeks, which is not a concern if you have a long hot summer like California, the southern U.S. or Oz.
What is “topping okra”. I’m looking into making some raised beds for a few vegetables to grow
@@authorityfigure1630 When okra is about 3 to 4 feet tall, cut off the top foot or so of it, and don't strip the leaves off of the main stem...let shoots grow. This is 'topping'. This causes a bushy affect and the plants generally have to be spaced a little farther apart to give them room. This might be a problem in raised beds, I don't know. This works extremely well for peppers too, but the technique is a little different. There is plenty of info on google/youtube about pepper topping. Good luck :)
I love it! Just bought a huge bag at the markets and one plant. I used a bunch of it in a spicy Middle Eastern beef stew and dredged the rest in yoghurt (no buttermilk) and then spiced flour and shallow fried as a snack. I know it’s the wrong time for planting but it’s still warm so maybe it will last through the two days of winter before it warms up again 😉
I just received a pack of okra seeds from a local grower in Singapore! can't wait to plant it, thanks for your tips Mark! i always come back to your videos whenever I'm trying to plant something new
Dehydrated as crunchy snack, in gumbo/soup, deep fried...those are my fav ways to eat. I live near Chicago and will grow for the first time this year. Glad for the tips.
Okra. One of my favorites. Thanks for sharing.
So happy I found your channel! I'm from Malaysia and we love okra! I've been starting to grow some vegetables myself even though I am a bit intimidated with gardening. Every bit of encouragements and tips really help :)
Thank you! Don't let gardening intimidate you get out there and show it who's boss - trial and error - I bet you will have more successes than failures. Cheers :)
Love my okra growing on the mountain In Costa Rica!
I love okra! When I was tiny, I remember my Texas kin bring in bushel baskets of okra and slicing it and frying it up in cornmeal. The Best way! I grow Clemson Spineless in Missouri. I didn't even fertilize it, and I've still got some frozen.
I've got family that hails from the American South and we LOVE okra! We eat it fried up with a cornmeal breading and it is great! Wonderful video as usual!
This will be my first year growing. I hope I like it.
The slime is great for thickening stews!
I love Okra and grow it every year.. Funny you mention 'the barbie' at the end because that's exactly how I prefer it..Skewered,sprayed with olive oil and sprinkled with garlic and ground black pepper..The direct heat of the grilling process dries up the sliminess just enough and it's delicious.. Okra is a super food and I'm sad when I have to buy it at the store or when it's out of season.. I grow a lot of Okra and it's the most popular veggie that my friends request every year. Just got some of the orange variety to try to liven things up a bit.. Hope you have a great growing season..
Growing up in California, I didn't know what okra was, but I remember seeing the slices in some of the Campbell soups. I am growing it for the first time this year and enjoying it very much.
Love it. I put Okra into stew and add good nutrients and bulk.
Love okra. Try making okra with ground peanuts , ginger, garlic and onions. Add turmeric, cumin powder ,salt and lemon juice. …… it’s yummy. Thanks to your tips I am growing okra this year for the first time. Thank you.
Okra good good here in the South here in Florida and Georgia you got a huge farms of it mostly in Georgia that's where a lot of the agriculture is....
My dad grew Okra in California every season. My mom would sometimes boil it. If you can get passed the slime, it is delicious! Also my mom would pickle young Okra. Yum! Best way though is frying. 1/2 cup all purpose flour, 1/2 cup white corn meal, salt and pepper to taste. Dredge okra in the dry mixture. Fry in 1/4" of hot oil in hot skillet. Let it get a little blackened before turning. I guarantee you will love it. The slime will go away in the frying. I blanch and shock my okra after picking. Place in boiling water for around 4 minutes. Immediately plunge in ice water. Place in freezer bags and freeze it. Lasts up to a year. Bon Appetit e.
My husband and I love watching your videos, we live in Columbia, South Carolina USA. I can't wait to purchase our raised beds, because planting in the gound is a challenge because of our bad backs and knees,. I plan to sow some okra in the next couple weeks. Please post a video of how you prepare it ! That would be great! Thank you keep the videos coming.
I've never seen okra in a color like that. It's very pretty. I am growing okra for the first time and it's doing fairly well. I don't bread it to fry, but fry it plain in some butter or coconut oil (just enough to make it get crispy), sprinkle with some Tony's. Yum! I also put it in a chocolate shake and a brownie recipe. As long as it's blended really well, you can't tell. Good in soups, gumbo and picked too.
I was just gifted some okra. You are my go to for gardening. Great information. I’m from Texas and I love it batter fried. Thank you!
I enjoy growing and eating it. This is the first year planting the red.
..."and if anything, at least, you're easy to SWALLOW" 🤣🤣🤣 I love it boiled, fried or incorporated into a dish! I'm attempting container growing for the first time this year. Grew them as a kid in tropical climates. This was an enlightening piece, you taught me of a new varietal. Have a high yielding season! 🥰
Okra one of my favorites. Last year was the first I have grown it, and I dont think a single pod made it into the house, as I would eat them while doing garden tasks or while harvesting everything else. I learned the hard way to not let them get too big. even one day makes quite a difference.
Here in the SE. US, okra deep fried in cornbread batter is a favorite side dish. Some like it stewed with tomatoes and onions. I like to chop and sautee in butter, then cover with beaten eggs for breakfast. It gives the eggs a little crunch, tastes better than it sounds.
From Ethiopia, I love okra. Thank you.
Love okra. Simmer tiny pods and dip them like finger food in butter spiced with fresh lime juice. It's delicious!
I love all your tips, I also love Okra soo much! I wish I had some right now.
I love Okra... I need to learn as much as possible how to grow it. Thanks
I love small okra steamed until just tender and served with butter and salt. Yum! A favourite for sure. Thanks for the tips. Trying to grow it for the first time this year : )
I have grown okra for the last three years, and have enjoyed it. I agree with you don't let them get to long. Thank you for sharing your 5 great tips! Yes, frying okra is the way I like it.
Thank you Mark! Cheers :)
Roasted okra in a tomato sauce has always been one of my favourite dishes! Love the videos and keep up the good work
One of the best okra videos on the web. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the tips! I’m trying it for the first time this year! Can’t wait to eat em up!
Okra produces here on the southeastern US until the frost kills it. My husband and I love to eat it straight off the stalk raw like you do. Or any way we cook it. Remind folks to cut the pods off in a timely manner as it slows down if there’s lots of pods on it. I enjoy your you tube very much. Before we had raised beds like your metal ones in US, I used 4 foot diameter water pipe a 20 ft section cut into 30” high pieces. They were a booger to fill like any would be. But I love them. Painted them different colors because they were black and would be too hot here in the mid south in summer. Keep up the good work!! Thanks
I wait till 90f weather to plant both okra and Armenian cucumbers. Last summer crops I direct seed. Fried okra is yummy too. Wash if dirty, dry well. Slice and fry in ghee. Toss with any seasoning you like... I like graham masala. Tasty treat. Dry cooking is best to limit mucilage. Or embrace the slime in gumbo or fish tomato dishes to thicken them. Yummy
Love eating and growing! I will grow more Okra in the Summer time! Thanks for the tips! 🌺😋🤙
I always stayed away cuz of all the chatter about the “slime”…..it’s wonderful! N the slime talk is waaay overrated. Sautéed some w cabbage ,carrots n onion… YUM! Thx brother Mark🌸
Nice one, one of my favorites now. Didnt like it when I was younger...
I love okra!!! Great video!!
Thanks so much for sharing valuable tips. I will be planting it for the first time in my backyard garden this year. I live in Namibia.
It's interesting what is and isn't an acquired food for different people. I grew up eating gumbo and fried okra and have always found the texture satisfying. I also know that many in Japan are used to a similar texture. It's cool how our tastes can adapt to something earlier or later. Cool video, I want to grow okra like my grandma.
I love your knowledge of plants and your channel is a great help. It's also fun to learn about Okra's use in history. Thanks a lot.
Grilled or pan roaster or stir fry will remove on the sliminess. It freezes well whole, to cook just cut into pieces and roast directly from the freezer using oil, salt, pepper and cumin.
If you have never grown okra you should and these are great tips.
I coat them with a little oil and pick a seasoning to sprinkle on and put them right on the grill. Not slimy at all that way. They taste great with a little char.
This year I'm growing my first okra and have actually 5 different plants. I can not wait to see the results and finally eat them. I love fried okra the best and also in gumbo...
Not my favorite to eat but my absolute favorite to grow. I make it in soup and slice it thin. It thickens the soup taking most of the slime out. As usual this is a very nice video.
Okra is fantastic I gumbo! It adds flavor and acts as a thickener.
i love your videos keep em coming. Sincerely a farmer from malaysia
I love it pickled !! Or breaded in cornmeal and fried. Always good in stews too.
hi i love the way you deliver your stories in planting..
I love okra first thing I put in my garden. It's hot in Florida and knew it would be fine here. I got 3 plants in 10 gal containers. They are doing great flowers just started dropping.