• Description

Vernacular Names: okra

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: fruits

Cultivated/Foraged: planted, gathered

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: homegarden, garden

Availability: wet season; available all year round

Other uses: lowers blood pressure; induces sleep; for cleansing uterus

Dishes:fish soup, okra with egg, steamed okra, okra with bamboo shoots, pinakbet, nilaga, sinigang with okra

Law-uy

Ingredients

Kalabasa
Malunggay
Okra
Tanglad
Alugbate
Saluyot
Asin (salt)
Sibuyas
seasoning mix

Procedure

1 . Fill pot with water and throw in kalabasa (squash). Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
2 . Throw in the okra, bring to a boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
3 . Add the saluyot, alogbate and malunggay cook for about 2-3 minutes, just until limp.
4 . Add asin, sibuyas, betsin at lemon grass/tanglad adjust the taste.
5 . Turn off heat and add the malunggay. Stir to mix. The residual heat will cook the leafy greens enough.
6 . Ladle into individual soup bowls and enjoy!

Salad

Ingredients

Kamote tops
Okra
Talong
Bagoong/dilis

Procedure

1 . Mag init ng tubig
2 . Ilagay ang kamote tops pakuluan ito ng 2 mnts
3 . Ilagay ang talong at pakuluan ito ng 3 mnts
4 . Isunod ang okra, pakuluan muli ng 2 mnts
5 . Hanguin ito at tanggalin ang tubig
6 . Ilagay sa isang malinis na lagayan
7 . Kumuha ng bagoong na may dilis at i-serve

Nilaga na puhog

Ingredients

Okra
Puhog

Procedure