Braised Okra

Name: Braised Okra
Cuisine: Egyptian
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 4 tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and diced; 1 kg/2¼ lb okra, stems removed; 350 ml/12 fl oz tomato passata; 1½ tsp ground cardamom; 1 tsp grated nutmeg; 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped; butter; sea salt and black pepper; a handful of chopped fresh coriander; sea salt and black pepper; 1 large onion, finely chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd Around the Med

By Keith Floyd

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

1 large onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
butter
1½<

Africa
Egypt
Side dish
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Fry the onion and garlic in butter until golden, then stir in the cardamom and nutmeg. Add the okra, tomato sauce and bay leaves, season with salt and pepper and then simmer for about 15 minutes or until the okra is cooked (the sauce will be quite glutinous because of the okra). Just before serving, stir in the chopped tomatoes and coriander.