recipe: Okra, Beans and Tomatoes

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Here is a main dish recipe for okra. Its vegan if you skip the

optional hard-boiled egg.

 

Okra, Beans and Tomatoes

for 6

 

Ingredients:

 

800 gr. bag of frozen okra

olive oil for frying, not too deeply

7 ripe, red tomatoes, cut into small-med. sized cubes

1 tsp crushed garlic

1 hot green pepper, cut into thin rings

1/2 cup water

1 small container of tomato paste

1 bay leaf

ground black pepper

salt

1/4 kilo dry white beans, cooked and drained

 

Preparation:

 

1. Fry the garlic and green pepper pieces in olive oil for a few

minutes until they become transparent. Add the cubed tomatoes and mix

over a high flame until the combination has the consistency of a

sauce. Add the water, the tomato paste, the bay leaf and the salt and

pepper. Bring to a boil, cover the okra and bring it to a moderate boil.

 

2. Cook until the okra becomes soft and the sauce is nice and smooth.

 

3. Add the white beans 5 minutes before the okra has finished cooking.

At the end of the cooking time, correct the seasonings, usually with

a drop of lemon juice and a little more salt.

 

4. Turn off the flame and let the dish rest for about a half an hour.

Good served with whole-wheat pita, tehina and sliced, hard-boiled egg.

 

Shoshana