8 delicious dishes made from okra

(Baonghean.vn) - Okra (also known as squash) is rich in nutrients and good for the digestive system. If you know how to prepare it, okra will be a delicious and nutritious dish in your family's daily menu.

Stir-fried okra with chicken

Making:Soak okra in diluted salt water, wash, and slice into bite-sized pieces. Blanch okra in boiling water, then remove and drain. This will help the okra lose its slime, cook quickly, and have a beautiful green color. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces, season with seasoning powder and pepper. Put the pan on the stove, saute chopped onion, add chicken and stir-fry, then pour onto a separate plate. Still using the same pan, saute garlic, add okra and stir-fry briefly, add a little seasoning, then add chicken and stir-fry together, cut a few slices of chili if you want it spicy and it's done.

Okra in tomato sauce

Making:Soak okra in diluted salt water, wash, cut off the stem. Boil okra once in water then remove and drain. Put pan on stove, saute chopped onion, add tomato and stir-fry until smooth, add seasoning. When tomato is soft, add okra and stir-fry together, add seasoning 9 (if needed). So the dish is completed very quickly.

Okra in vinegar

Making:Boil okra for 20 seconds, remove, put in prepared water. Then remove okra, put in basket to drain. Boil mixture of vinegar, water, sugar, salt, MSG. Then remove from heat, let cool completely; taste the mixture to make sure it is to your taste.

Arrange okra in a glass jar. When the mixture has cooled, pour it into the jar with okra to soak. Place in the refrigerator for about 3-4 days and then take it out to use. The okra soaked in vinegar has a sour, salty, and crunchy taste.

Stir-fried okra with dried shrimp

Making:Soak okra in diluted salt water, wash, drain, and cut into bite-sized pieces. Soak dried shrimp in warm water for a few hours to soften before stir-frying. After cutting okra, blanch it in a pot of boiling water to remove the slime, then drain. Place pan on stove, saute garlic, add shallots, add seasoning, then add okra and stir-fry, season to taste and turn off stove.

Fried okra with butter and milk

Making:Wash okra, remove stem, cut into small round pieces. Put butter in microwave to melt. Dissolve butter, fresh milk, minced ginger and garlic together. Put okra in butter and milk mixture and soak for 5 minutes. Mix cornstarch, flour, a little salt, pepper, chili powder together. Remove okra soaked in milk, dip in flour mixture, shake gently to remove excess flour.

Then, add cooking oil to the pan, when the oil is hot, add okra and fry until golden brown. This dish will be more delicious when dipped with chili sauce.

Stir-fried okra with lemongrass and chili

Making:Wash okra, cut in half, blanch in boiling water, remove, soak immediately in ice water to keep the green color. Place pan on stove, add oil, saute garlic, lemongrass, chili powder, seasoning powder. Then add okra, stir well to let okra absorb the spice mixture. When eating, you can dip with soy sauce or soy sauce.

Sweet and sour okra rolled tofu skin

Making:Soak okra in salt water, wash clean. Soak the bean curd until soft, spread out the bean curd, add okra, roll it up like spring rolls, secure with toothpicks. Put the pan on the stove, fry the bean curd until golden brown then remove. Mix sweet and sour sauce including: Fish sauce + sugar + vinegar + garlic + chili, mix well. Put the pan on the stove, pour in the sweet and sour sauce mixture until the mixture thickens, then add okra and stir over low heat. When the okra is well seasoned, turn off the stove and put it on a plate.

Stir-fried okra with eggs

Making:Soak okra in diluted salt water, wash, and slice into bite-sized pieces. Dip okra in boiling water, then remove and drain - this will help the okra lose its slime, cook quickly, and have a beautiful green color. Beat eggs with a little seasoning powder. Place pan on stove, saute shallots, add okra, add seasoning to enhance flavor, then add eggs, stir quickly until cooked.

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