Uncle Bob
Chef Extraordinaire
Yo Daisy...Okra taste.."just like chicken" Just a joke!!
Kinda hard to describe the taste/flavor of okra...It really depends on how it is cooked...Boiled in salted water would be hard to try the first time...kinda like eating your first raw oyster...Cut, rolled in cornmeal..then fried is very popular in my area...Sometimes just cut and fried (no breading) in very little oil is also a treat. Then as others have mentioned some gumbos have okra as a thickning agent as well as adding flavor. Of course then there are okra and tomato dishes as well as Indian recipes as Yakuta described above...No matter how you try it...don't judge it by frozen stuff..try to buy it fresh.
Ok I'll give it a go...how about it taste like Eggplant and green beans...
Kinda hard to describe the taste/flavor of okra...It really depends on how it is cooked...Boiled in salted water would be hard to try the first time...kinda like eating your first raw oyster...Cut, rolled in cornmeal..then fried is very popular in my area...Sometimes just cut and fried (no breading) in very little oil is also a treat. Then as others have mentioned some gumbos have okra as a thickning agent as well as adding flavor. Of course then there are okra and tomato dishes as well as Indian recipes as Yakuta described above...No matter how you try it...don't judge it by frozen stuff..try to buy it fresh.
Ok I'll give it a go...how about it taste like Eggplant and green beans...