The green slimy fruit shaped in a conelike form is of the West African origin. The Igbo tribe in Nigeria calls it "ọ́kụ̀rụ̀", while the Yoruba’s call it "Ila." Most people classify okra as a vegetable ...

They say its one the easiest and fastest African dishes to cook and it's in deed very true! Nigerian Okro soup Okro or Okra Soup (known as Miyan Kubewa in Hausa.) is undoubtedly one of the quickest ...

The stew arrives in a jumble: irregular pieces of bone-in goat meat coated with a brilliant fire-engine-red sauce. Thick like a blanket in February, the sauce is a blend of fresh tomatoes, peppers and ...

A lovely effect of the serious, much-needed changes happening in food media is that they have brought many new voices to the surface. After reading a powerful essay in Food & Wine by Amethyst Ganaway ...

You might think of the vegetable okra as a mysterious finger-shaped pod with a notoriously slippery texture. If you've eaten it, you may know just how versatile and delicious the summer vegetable can ...

For a couple of seasons in the mid 2000s, Sonoma County had the most beautiful okra. Most commercial okra the world around is green. But Jill Adams, operating Crescent Moon Farm at the time, found ...

Okra is the most popular and economically important edible plant (vegetable) that can be used in soups, salads, and stews. Beyond its culinary use, okra has long been utilised in traditional medicine ...