How to cook traditional cypriot okra
İm from an island called Cyprus and this is how it is done traditionally in cyprus. By the way okra is a quite slimey vegetable.
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Chop the onions and parsley
Then cut tip and top of the okra and put a dint just in the middle
Chop the tomatoes
Put a little oil and put some of the okra and brown them but not too much
Add salt and pepper
Put them into an oven friendly dish and continue to brown okra until you fill the dish
Cook the minced meat until it changes color and put pepper and salt
At high or medium heat
Add in the onions
After onions are cooked a little add in parsley
Then add in the tomatoes
Add the tomato paste
Add 1 lemons juice in and about a cup of water
Pour it on to the okra
Cook about 190C for 30-40 minutes depending on your oven . Check periodically and take off when it goes darker i like mine crispy so i donr take them off until its a little burnt
İts best served with bulghur pilaf and yoghurt
- About a kg of okra
- 1/4kg Minced meat
- Salt
- Pepper
- Oil
- Lemon juice
- 1/2tsp Tomato paste
- 1.0 Medium onion
- 4.0 Medium or small tomatoes
- A handful of parsley
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