Nahida’s Bamia

Name: Nahida’s Bamia
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 2 onions, sliced; 500 g okra; 120 mls olive oil & 120 mls vegetable oil, mixed for frying; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed; red pepper flakes, optional; 1 teaspoon salt & ½ teaspoon coarse black pepper; 1 teaspoon cumin; 1 teaspoon baharat; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 2 large, tomatoes, grated or chopped finely

Fried Spiced Okra

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Galilean Kitchen

By Ruth Nieman

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

500 g okra
120 mls olive oil & 120 mls

Asia
Israel
Side dish
Mediterranean

Method

slice off the tops of each okra & rinse
heat the olive oil & vegetable oil in a large pan over a medium to high heat, & once hot fry the okra in batches for 5-6 minutes until slightly crisp, remove & drain
once all the okra has been fried & set aside, add the slices of onion to the oil & cook for 10 minutes on a medium heat until so