Southern Fried Okra
Southern Fried Okra is a staple in many southern style restaurants in Texas. Learn how to prepare the perfectly crisp and delicious fried okra at home.
Ingredients
- 20 Ladies finger | Okra
- 3 Cups Butter milk (*Vegans can replace with Non-Dairy Milk)
- 1 Tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 Cup Yellow cornmeal
- ½ Cup All purpose flour
- Salt - To taste
- 4 tsp Black pepper powder
- 2 tsp Red chilli powder
- Oil - For frying
Instructions
- First slice the okra into ½ inch thick pieces. Remove some of their stickiness by placing them on a paper napkin.
<br><br><img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" /> - Now take a bowl, add the butter milk, ginger garlic paste and mix thoroughly. Now add the okra into the buttermilk and let it soak for about 5 minutes.
<br><br><img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-1.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" /> <img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-2.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" /> - Meanwhile take a bowl, add the cornmeal, all purpose flour, black pepper powder, salt and red chilli powder, mix them thoroughly and keep aside.<img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-3.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" /> <img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-4.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" />
- Now heat a pan with oil for frying the okra. Drain the okra from butter milk, dredge it in cornmeal flour mixture and fry in hot oil for a couple of minutes until the color changes to golden brown. Place the fried okra on a paper napkin to remove excess oil.<img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-5.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" /> <img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-6.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" /><br><br><img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-7.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" /> <img src="//revisfoodography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fo-8.jpg" alt="okra" width="47%" />
- Serve hot as an appetizer, snack or side.
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Notes | FAQ
- Do not mix the okras with the cornmeal flour mixture. Instead just dredge them as we do breadcrumb coating for cutlets.
- If the cornmeal-flour mixture gets wet then it will not stick to the okra.
- I fried the okras in about 5 batches. We want our oil to be hot enough so fry them in batches. Refer cooking tips section.
- Do adjust the pepper, chilli powder and salt according to your taste. I like them spicy.
- I added ginger garlic paste per my taste preference. You can skip it if you prefer. Else you can also skip it and instead add garlic powder to the cornmeal flour mixture.
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