Caribbean okra salad
2 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
2 | tablespoons | Vegetable oil |
½ | pounds | Fresh, small tender okra, rinsed, patted dry, caps trimmed |
Salt | ||
Freshly ground pepper | ||
¼ | cup | Water |
1 | tablespoon | Strained fresh lime juice |
1 | small | Garlic clove, finely minced |
pinch | Ground allspice | |
¼ | teaspoon | Bottled Caribbean or other hot pepper sauce to taste |
1 | tablespoon | Chopped cilantro |
Directions
This delicious light salad comes from "Faye Levy's International Vegetable Cookbook" (Warner Books).
1. In a medium saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add okra and saute 2 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add water, cover and cook over low heat for about 7 minutes, or until just tender. (Add more water if needed.) Transfer to a serving plate.
2. Combine remaining tablespoon oil, lime juice, garlic, allspice, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Pour over okra. Sprinkle with cilantro and dried tomato.