Okra

By LaLaCooks

Ingredients

• Okra - fresh or frozen!
• Canola oil
• salt/pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Toss pinky-finger sized pods with a little canola oil, salt and pepper, then thread them on skewers with jalepeno slices. Grill the skewers unitl the okra turns bright green, about 2-4 minutes per side.

OR

Leave the pods whole, trim the tops. Toss with ample olive oil and salt to taste. Roast on a rimmed baking sheet at 400 deg - shaking the tray and turning them once or twice until crisp and brown - about 1/2 hour. Serve with lemon wedges.

OR

Blanch fresh okra for about a minute in boiling salted water, then refresh the pods in an ice-water bath. Serve them chilled with a dipping sauce of equal parts of soy sauce, rice vinegar, and water with a sprinkling of chopped scallions and toasted sesame seeds.