Every time I go to the farmer's market I like to grab an assortment of vegetables just to make it more intresting throughout the week. I picked up okra a few times and played around with it, but came across a recipe online and tweaked it to make this wonderful okra dish! It has so much flavor and okra is one of my favorite vegetables to cook because of all the slime! If you have never had okra before, this dish would be a great first experience with it.
1 lb okra, both ends cut and body's cut into 1/2 inch pieces
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 small/medium onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 c. drained canned diced tomatoes
1/2 c. vegetable broth
3/4 tsp. cumin
1 can humany or 1 can of any other bean(15 oz.)
salt
Directions
Cook okra for 2 minutes in a large saucepan of boiling water.
Transfer okra with a slotted spoon to ice water, then drain.
Heat oil in a large skillet on medium high. (Use a skillet that has a lid and raised sides)
Add bell pepper to skillet and cook until soft.
Transfer peppers to a bowl.
Add onion, garlic, ginger, and pepper to the skillet and cook until the onion is soft and slightly browned
Mix in the tomatoes, broth, cumin, okra, and bell pepper.
Reduce heat to medium and cover.
Stir occasionally and cook for 10-15 minutes.
Add either the beans or humany and salt.
Cook for another 4 minutes without lid.
It will be ready to serve when there is little to no liquid in the pan.
Note: This dish can be served alone, but I accompanied mine with whole wheat cous cous and tried it another time with brown rice and found it very tasty. Before all the liquid evaporated, I spooned some of it into my cous cous and found that it made it taste very good!
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