Guest guest Posted September 16, 2000 Report Share Posted September 16, 2000 In a message dated 09/16/2000 3:35:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: > So, if you use okra, you had better not overcook. I don't know frozen one > and the minutes which the package said, but we don't boil okra but moisten > with steam. Thanks, Izumi. I think it is terrific that you are on this list! I'd love to ask you for some tips on Japanese cuisine sometime! I try to buy fresh veggies whenever possible, but I have to admit that frozen ones come in handy when you are in a hurry. For example, I buy frozen mixed veggies for quick meals and add them in rice or instant broth. Sometimes I buy the " stir fry " variety. However, I notice that they always tell you to cook the veggies for much longer than seems right. Although they are frozen to begin with, they tend to be smaller pieces and don't need to be cooked as long. I did notice that when I put the frozen okra in the water and began to heat -- after a few minutes they seemed just right to me -- but I left them in longer because that is what the directions said. I also tried microwaving them with less water and that was worse. I want to ask the list if most people prefer to steam veggies whenever possible -- and if so, by what method? I think if I had steamed the okra in a bamboo steamer for just a few minutes they would be less " slimy. " Also, I'd like to know what people think of those combination electric steamers/rice cookers. They all seem to have a small steaming area. Can you steam enough veggies for a dinner or only small bits at a time? I like to use tiered bamboo seamers, but it it a pain to lug out a pot or wok and boil all that water sometimes. Any ideas? BTW, the okra I had dropped into the soup just got soggy and dissolved! I can still see the seeds because they are brown in color, but the actual veggie part is in there but mushy. Still it tastes good and you cannot see the slime! Thanks for all your input everyone! Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2000 Report Share Posted September 17, 2000 Hi, I asked my mom about okra and showed the mail that I wrote. I didn't have the right words for the cooking method, so I looked up in a dictionary and found " moisten with steam " .@But she said it was wrong. You had better do " boiling okra very short time " . The time is about 20-30 seconds when okra is raw, so you had better gboilh okra for 1 minutes or less. I thought that when I use the word gboilh, I must boil it for about 5 minutes or so, so I couldnft run out of right word. We donft use bamboo steamers. Ifm sorry. We use steamer to cook sweet potato, corn, pumpkin and so on. But it takes time to use a bamboo steamer by boiling water. So, we usually use microwave oven. But my mom said that it is very difficult to use microwave oven to cook okra, because only a little over cook makes a big difference. And as soon as you finish boiling okra, you should cool them down in cold water. Then, the okra will keep bright green and wonft be slimy. In Japan, we use small okra which is about 3 inches long. So if the okra which you use is bigger, you should gboilh it a little longer.(about 90 seconds?) Ifm sorry very much and I hope you can eat delicious okra. If you have some question, please let me know again. Izumi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2000 Report Share Posted September 19, 2000 On thought to try is a double boiler. I have the rice cooker steamer and I don't really steam veggies in it. I usually use a steamer top to my pot for steaming veggies. We upon occasion use frozen veggies, but they are nothing like fresh. Not even close. Rachel turknyr8 wrote: > Thanks, Izumi. I think it is terrific that you are on this list! I'd love > to ask you for some tips on Japanese cuisine sometime! > > I try to buy fresh veggies whenever possible, but I have to admit that frozen > ones come in handy when you are in a hurry. For example, I buy frozen mixed > veggies for quick meals and add them in rice or instant broth. Sometimes I > buy the " stir fry " variety. However, I notice that they always tell you to > cook the veggies for much longer than seems right. Although they are frozen > to begin with, they tend to be smaller pieces and don't need to be cooked as > long. > > I did notice that when I put the frozen okra in the water and began to heat > -- after a few minutes they seemed just right to me -- but I left them in > longer because that is what the directions said. I also tried microwaving > them with less water and that was worse. > > I want to ask the list if most people prefer to steam veggies whenever > possible -- and if so, by what method? I think if I had steamed the okra in > a bamboo steamer for just a few minutes they would be less " slimy. " Also, > I'd like to know what people think of those combination electric > steamers/rice cookers. They all seem to have a small steaming area. Can you > steam enough veggies for a dinner or only small bits at a time? > > I like to use tiered bamboo seamers, but it it a pain to lug out a pot or wok > and boil all that water sometimes. > > Any ideas? BTW, the okra I had dropped into the soup just got soggy and > dissolved! I can still see the seeds because they are brown in color, but > the actual veggie part is in there but mushy. Still it tastes good and you > cannot see the slime! > > Thanks for all your input everyone! > > Christine > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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