‘Cooking is the ultimate giving’
My friend had no name for this dish as she just ate it growing up. She said it was simply okra with a spring onion/garlic sauce. I am calling it dynamite sauce as when I tried it, and indeed when Mr. B tried it he said he could eat it every day on everything. The sauce is so simple to make, I would batch it and just add it to any dish as a sauce or even a chutney. I think the addiction has a lot to do with the many layers of umami and caramelization that comes with the onions, garlic, Tamari and the little bit of sugar at the end. You could leave out the end sugar, as the onions are sweet enough.
I love Okra this way, it is almost raw, and you don’t get the stickiness you do when you cook it for a longer period. It is also great that this makes for a 10-minute meal.
Okra is one of the best vegetables you can add to your diet. It is full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and helps facilitate blood sugar management and better digestion and detoxification.
Ingredients
-1 bag okra (c. 20)
-2 bunches of spring onions, washing and chopped
-4 garlic gloves, crushed
-1-2 tbsp. tamari
-1 tsp. sugar
-½ tsp. black vinegar (optional)
Method
– Boil a pot of water, add ½ tsp salt. Add the Okra for one minute, drain and wash in cold water to cool down. Set aside.
– Add 2 tbsp. of oil to a pan. Heat to a medium high heat. Add the garlic and spring onion with a pinch/ ¼ tsp salt and keep moving in the pan until they start to wilt – just a few minutes.
– Add the tamari, stir. Add the black vinegar. Taste for salt. Add more tamari if needed
– Take off the heat and add the sugar. Mix thoroughly. (I used maple syrup, use whatever you have)
– Cut the Okra top and bottom off the Okra and cut in half. Lay out on a plate.
– Add the sauce/topping.
