Okra

Introduction

Okra is also called okra clip, okra, and okra pepper. Okra has high nutritional value and medicinal value. Okra is known as plant Viagra. Okra methods include okra scrambled eggs, braised okra, okra fried meat, okra rice noodle soup, okra fried with shredded pork, spicy fried okra, seafood okra udon noodles, okra vegetable soup with rice, cold okra, okra stewed with chicken feet, okra fried with bacon, okra fried meat slices, and okra fried rice noodles.

Nutritional value of okra

Okra contains a variety of nutrients such as iron, calcium and sugar, which can prevent anemia. The mucin it secretes can protect the stomach wall, promote gastric juice secretion, improve appetite, and improve indigestion. It contains vitamin A, which is beneficial to retinal health and vision maintenance; for young adults and athletes, okra can eliminate fatigue and quickly restore physical strength. At the same time, okra contains a viscous liquid and arabinan, galactan, rhamnose, protein, calcium oxalate, etc. Regular consumption can help digestion, enhance physical strength, protect the liver, and strengthen the stomach and intestines; okra is rich in trace elements such as zinc and selenium, which can enhance the body's anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects. In addition, it is rich in vitamin C and soluble fiber, which not only has a health care effect on the skin, but also can make the skin white and tender; okra contains special medicinal ingredients that can strengthen the kidney and replenish deficiency, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on male organic diseases. It is a suitable nutritional and health vegetable and enjoys the reputation of plant Viagra.

The efficacy and function of okra

The tender fruit (pod) of okra is soft and smooth, with a unique flavor and high nutritional value. It is comparable to ginseng but more suitable for daily food supplements. The young fruit also contains a sticky substance that can aid digestion, treat gastritis and gastric ulcers, protect the skin and gastric mucosa, protect the liver and enhance human endurance. It is known as one of the best health vegetables for humans. The tender leaves of okra are also edible. Okra flowers, seeds and roots are effective for treating malignant sores, carbuncles and boils, and have a certain anti-cancer effect. Okra seeds contain more minerals such as potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, and manganese, which can be used to extract oil, protein or as a substitute for coffee. Okra oil is a high-grade vegetable oil, and its nutritional content and flavor far exceed sesame oil and peanut oil. Hibiscus okra is a low-energy food and is one of the best weight-loss foods.

Side effects and contraindications of okra

It is edible for most people.

How to make delicious okra

Okra scrambled eggs

Ingredients: 5 eggs, 10 okras, 3 shiitake mushrooms, appropriate amount of salad oil, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of rice wine.

practice:

1. Wash and cut okra and button mushrooms into slices;

2. Beat the eggs with salt and rice wine, add okra slices and mix well;

3. Pour oil into the wok, add the okra slices and egg mixture and stir-fry until they are clumpy. Add the mushroom slices and a little salt, stir-fry until combined and serve.

Braised Okra

Ingredients: 250g okra

practice:

1. Wash and cut the okra by cutting one side of the okra into continuous slanted slices, and then use the same method to cut the other side of the okra.

2. Add a proper amount of cooking oil to the pot and turn on medium heat. When the pot is hot, add okra and fry it slightly. Add a proper amount of soy sauce, sugar, thirteen spices, pepper and water. Please do not stir-fry, but shake the pot. Cover the pot for about three minutes.

3. Add appropriate amount of MSG, shake the pot and mix well.

Okra fried meat

Ingredients: 200 grams of okra, 100 grams of pork, cooking wine, a little light soy sauce, salt, and oil.

practice:

1. Blanch the okra in boiling water for two minutes and remove from the water.

2. The blanched okra turns green and is cut into sections for later use.

3. Heat oil in a pan, pour in pork slices, add cooking wine and stir-fry until the surface changes color.

4. Heat oil in a pan, add okra segments and stir-fry when the oil is hot. Add the fried pork and season with a little light soy sauce and salt.

5. Heat the oil in a pan, add okra, a little water and salt, stir-fry until it changes color, then add the shredded meat and stir-fry evenly.

Okra fried pork slices

Ingredients: 200g okra, 150g pork belly, some oil, some salt, some chicken stock

practice:

1. Prepare okra.

2. Slice all the ingredients.

3. Heat oil in a pan.

4. Add the meat slices and stir-fry evenly.

5. Add okra, stir-fry over high heat, add seasoning and cook until cooked.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and moistens dryness, strengthens the spleen and regulates the intestines.

Okra Rice Noodle Soup

Ingredients: three okras, 50 grams of rice flour, 50 grams of cooked pork stomach.

practice:

1. Wash and cut okra into shreds and set aside. Cut cooked pork belly into shreds and set aside.

2. Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot and bring it to a boil, then add the rice and flour and cook.

3. After the noodles are boiled, add cooked pork tripe and okra shreds and cook together.

4. After the noodles are cooked, add appropriate amount of salt, MSG, pepper and chopped green onion and mix well.

Okra fried rice noodles

Ingredients: 150g dried rice noodles, 3 okra, 10 mushrooms, 100g cabbage, and some chopped green onions.

practice:

1. Soak the rice noodles in cold water for 30 minutes and then take them out.

2. Wash okra, soak 10 shiitake mushrooms in water, and cut 100 grams of cabbage into shreds for later use.

3. Add some oil to the pan, turn on medium heat, add the soaked shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry for one minute, then pour in the soaked rice noodles and stir-fry until cooked, add the cabbage and okra and stir-fry until cooked, then add appropriate amount of salt, MSG, pepper, and chopped green onions, mix well and serve.

Shredded Pork Stir-fried Okra

Ingredients: 200g okra, 80g shredded pork, some oil, some salt, some ginger, some chili pepper, some light soy sauce, some cooking wine, some cornstarch, some pepper

practice:

1. Add salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, shredded ginger and other seasonings to the shredded meat;

2. Stir well and marinate for a few minutes;

3. Put the whole okra into boiling water with a little oil and salt and blanch it;

4. Cut the blanched okra into small pieces, and then cut the chili pepper into pieces for later use;

5. Heat the pan, add appropriate amount of oil, add the marinated shredded pork and stir-fry;

6. Stir-fry until the shredded pork changes color, then add okra;

7. Stir-fry together for a few times, add salt and pepper for seasoning;

8. Stir-fry them evenly;

9. Turn off the heat and serve on a plate.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and moistens dryness, strengthens the spleen and regulates the intestines.

Spicy Fried Okra

Ingredients: okra, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, salt

practice:

1. Wash okra, green pepper and tomatoes and set aside;

2. Cut off the stem of okra;

3. Bevel cut thick slices;

4. Slice peppers, tomatoes and garlic;

5. Add appropriate amount of oil after the pan is hot;

7. Saute garlic slices and chili peppers;

8. Add okra and tomatoes in turn and stir-fry until okra turns green;

9. Add a small amount of boiling water, cover the pot and simmer for about two minutes until the okra becomes soft, then add salt to taste.

Seafood Okra Udon

Ingredients: seafood, udon, okra, chopped green onion, coriander, winter vegetables, sesame oil, pepper, salt, cooking wine

practice:

1. Remove the head and tail of okra and cut into cubes.

2. After the seafood is thawed, marinate it with a little salt, pepper and cooking wine for a while.

3. Pour appropriate amount of water into the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then add okra.

4. Add the udon and cook for a while.

5. Add seafood and cook until cooked.

6. Add a little salt, pepper, sesame oil, chopped green onion and coriander.

7. Add a little preserved vegetables and turn off the heat.

Okra Vegetable Soup Rice

Ingredients: three okras, 100 grams of baby cabbage, 100 grams of cold rice.

practice:

1. Wash and cut okra and baby cabbage into shreds for later use.

2. Put an appropriate amount of water into the pot and add cold rice to cook.

3. After the pot boils, add okra and baby cabbage and continue cooking.

4. After the rice is cooked, add appropriate amount of salt, MSG, pepper and chopped green onion and mix well.

Okra salad

Ingredients: 300 grams of okra, 1 teaspoon of mustard, 1.5 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon of light soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil, 1 tablespoon of cooked sesame seeds; 1 teaspoon of salt, corn oil.

practice:

1. Wash the okra and cut off about 2/3 of the stem. Do not cut the okra to prevent the mucus inside from being lost when boiling.

2. Put mustard, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil into a bowl.

3. Stir well.

4. Bring water to a boil, add 1 teaspoon of salt and corn oil, blanch the okra for about 3 minutes, until the color turns emerald green, then pick it up. 5. Immediately cool it in ice water to keep it crisp and green.

6. Arrange the okra on a plate.

7. Pour the sauce on top and sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds.

Okra stewed chicken feet

Ingredients: 3 chicken feet, 2 okra, some oil, some salt, some wolfberry, some pepper, some cooking wine

practice:

1. Prepare the ingredients;

2. Soak wolfberries in water until soft and wash;

3. Cut off the nails of chicken feet;

4. Chop into small pieces;

5. Pour cold water into the pot, add cooking wine and bring to a boil over high heat;

6. Cook until blood foam appears and turn off the heat;

7. Take out and wash;

8. Put the chicken feet back into the pot, add water and ginger slices and boil again until you can pierce them with chopsticks;

9. Remove the stems of okra while cooking the chicken feet;

10. Cut into large pieces with a slanting knife;

11. Put the cut okra into the cooked soup pot;

12. Add appropriate amount of salt;

13. Add wolfberry;

14. After turning off the heat, add white pepper powder to season.

Bacon Fried Okra

Ingredients: okra, bacon, enoki mushrooms, olive oil, salt, pepper, chicken stock

practice:

1. Blanch okra in boiling water for two minutes, remove and cut into small pieces for later use;

2. Cut off the tail of the enoki mushrooms, wash them, blanch them in boiling water for a while, and set aside;

3. Heat the pan, pour a little olive oil, add the chopped bacon and fry over high heat;

4. Fry the bacon until the oil comes out and it becomes charred;

5. Pour in okra and stir-fry evenly;

6. Add the enoki mushrooms and stir-fry for a while;

7. Add a little salt, pepper and chicken essence, turn off the heat and serve.

Medicinal value of okra

Medicinal use: Root: relieves cough. Bark: regulates menstruation. Used for menstrual disorders. Seed: promotes lactation. Used for insufficient milk. Whole plant: clears heat and detoxifies, moisturizes and lubricates the intestines.