Sunday, June 27, 2010

Okras, nice and extra-long lady's fingers


Local variety of okras from South India bigger than the varieties one finds in supermarkets. (This lot measure between 9 and 10 inches)

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11 comments:

  1. Wow! I love okra, but I've never seen any that long! And I agree with Yosee, it is a great visual simile. Hope you have a good week! Enjoy!

    Sylvia

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  2. This is new for me - have never tasted :)
    but I would like to :)

    http://foto.rudenius.se/post/2010/06/28/My-World.aspx

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  3. aloha,

    those are pretty huge, are they still edible when they are that large?, thanks for sharing these

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  4. Love okra! Those are huge! I wonder if they will be tough and fibrous. They however look really cool!

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  5. Thank you all!
    They were fresh, well, from the market - very crunchy and edible. but yes, to retain some tenderness, we removed the stem end before storage (a couple of days)

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  6. Oh - Yosee, Sylvia - the visual simile was totally unintentional! (Thanks for pointing it out though!)
    Brigitta - The link up there has plenty of info and recipes

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  7. Wow - those ochras are huge! Enjoy.

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  8. I used to grow them, they tell me are from Taiwan. Here in New Zealand we get them inported from Fiji, the green and a little white ones.

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  9. From where can i get seeds of these extra ordinary long Ocra breed??Please let me know ..my Face Book account is in the name of Anurag Jagdhari

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