okra

It's Taco Tuesday again, which means that it's time to refresh the repertoire with some awesome new taco recipes. Here's a bunch, from al pastor to veggie.

Burma Superstar is a fantastic primer on Burmese cuisine. This egg and okra curry is a comfort dish throughout the region.

Chef Cyrus Todiwala is a master of Indian fusion cuisine. Using only 10 choice spices from India’s vast bounty of spices, he’s created a vibrant new recipe collection for home cooks featuring classic and modern spins on favorite South Asian dishes. Eggs are the bedrock of Parsee cuisine, and I believe that no other culture in the…

The dishes of France have influenced Vietnamese cuisine in a delicious way. Enter: Vietnamese-Australian chef and TV host Luke Nguyen, whose latest book explores the relationship between these two food cultures and documents the best of the best. Considering those parameters, a nice little steak with Asian shallot butter sounds just right.Asian shallots are small reddish-purple…

Hankering for the kind of Indian food you can't get at your local "Curry in a Hurry"? That's because Indian food should be cooked at home in small batches for people you love, and that's what London-based chef and writer Meera Sodha brings to the table in her new cookbook, Made in India. Say good-bye…

Weather this year has thrown crops and farmers for a loop. In some parts of the country there has been an unusual abundance of rain (Colorado, the Carolinas and New Mexico), and other areas have maintained a severe drought status (California, Oregon and Oklahoma). This means what normally might be popping up is late, or…

Chinese okra piled at a Queens greenmarket.[/caption] Even with all the skin and some large seeds removed, Chinese okra has a slightly bitter flavor, which is appealing when surrounded by sweet, acidic, astringent, earthy and spicy notes.[/caption] I live in Jackson Heights, a part of Queens that loves to brag (and deservedly so) about its…

Corn. Basil. Tomatoes, oh HEAVENS those tomatoes. People, these things are not in season all year long — just because you can technically find them at your supermarket doesn't mean they're going to sing their glorious chorus as loud as they will right now. Check out our 30-recipe ode to sweet, juicy, perfectly ripe end…

This recipe was part of the Food Republic's Southern Food Test Kitchen with our friends from Music to Your Mouth. Breathe new light into a Southern classic with golden deep-fried okra dipped in a refreshing cumin-spiced Greek yogurt sauce. This recipe yields a crispy texture your guests will keep enjoying as long as you keep frying…

If you think you don't like okra, you're definitely mistaken. You love it fried, stewed, on a skewer, in a taco and stuffed with cheese. This fiber-packed pod is your good friend, and is hitting the seasonal market as we speak. Get a head start with 7 of the many reasons we're talking about this…

When the hot weather hits and the grills are smoking, there is most certainly a place for vegan cuisine. And, really, you don't have to be vegan to enjoy it. It's light, healthy and can be pretty easy to make. Pick up a copy of renowned vegan cook and author Bryant Terry's new book, Afro-Vegan,…

With all the amazing meat fresh off the grill during Food Republic's Grilling Month, you may need a crunchy, sharp pickled bite to cut the richness and fat and complement the sweetness of barbecue sauce. Cooking Light magazine's new cookbook, Pick Fresh, is a collection of simple preparations of seasonal vegetables. Once summer okra start…

Leave it to Southern Living magazine to pen a cookbook featuring the very best of Southern fried food. While we're crazy about their buttery, booze-spiked confections and ways with bourbon, there's something about the Southern way of strategic deep-frying that really hits home. These okra tacos are fried food as it was meant to be.…

Ah, the Southern life. Whenever we feel the need for ultimate comfort recipes we turn to Southern Living magazine's new Feel Good Food cookbook. These cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped okra poppers sure sound like they'll make us feel good. Chiefly, we like the part where we don't have to hollow out, stuff and deep-fry 30 jalapeños.

When I cook lunch for myself, I usually have the same first craving: quick okra curry, or bhindi masala. It takes no time to make, is unbelievably healthy (as I'll get into shortly) and is so addictive you'll wonder how you ever lived without okra. Quick fact: okra has so much digestible fiber that you'll…

When I cook lunch for myself, I usually have the same first craving: quick okra curry, or bhindi masala. It takes no time to make, is unbelievably healthy (as I'll get into shortly) and is so addictive you'll wonder how you ever lived without okra. Quick fact: okra has so much digestible fiber that you'll…

What Makes Okra Slimy? The Africans brought it and the French Creole championed it as a culinary staple. While okra— a member of the mallow family, along with hibiscus and cotton — is praised for its taste and thickening qualities in soups and stews, many people refuse to eat it. Why? For the same reasons…

The Africans brought it and the French Creole championed it as a culinary staple. While okra — a member of the mallow family, along with hibiscus and cotton — is praised for its taste and thickening qualities in soups and stews, many people refuse to eat it. Why? For the same reasons this harmless pod…