3/21/2024 0 Comments Stewed okra without tomatoes![]() ![]() (Shorter okra is tastier!) Okra has a rough stem and stubby, tiny needles on its skin. It's green when ripe, and each pod can grow between 2.5 and 5 inches. Fresh okra grows into long, thin, pointy pods.Dried okra never reaches the size of fresh okra, but it's grittier and tastier. Once you're ready to use it, take it off the string, and submerse it in water and vinegar.Just one string of okra is enough for a 4-serving main dish (like stewed okra), or for two soups. Hundreds of these strings are dried together in a shade, or even better, in a shaded drafty place.The beads are picked before okra ripens and threaded close together on an approximately 3-foot-long thin twine. ![]()
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