Okra is a very delicious vegetable, so do you know how to fry okra? A friend asked, can you eat okra without boiling water? I believe there are many friends who still don't know whether to fry okra with boiling water. Let's have a look!
Do you need blanching water to fry okra
Okra can be cold, hot fried, fried, stewed, salad or soup, etc., cold and fried food must be blanched before. Although okra can be eaten raw, it doesn't taste very good. It's very sticky and astringent. After blanching, okra tastes smooth and juicy. Therefore, it is best to blanch before cooking okra.
What are the benefits of okra blanching
Promote nutrition absorption
Although okra contains a lot of protein and calcium, but okra is a herbaceous plant, also contains a lot of oxalic acid and tannins. When eating raw okra, oxalic acid and tannins will inhibit the absorption of calcium and protein. After blanching, oxalic acid and tannins can be removed, promoting the absorption of calcium and protein.
Improve the taste
Raw okra is very sticky and astringent when eaten directly. After blanching, tannin can be removed and astringent taste can be removed. Viscous saliva belongs to mucus protein, which will deteriorate and become crisp after blanching at high temperature.
How to blanch okra
1. After cleaning the whole root of okra, soak it in clean water for more than 10 minutes. It's better to soak it in light salt water.
2. Remove the stalk of okra just like pepper, or put the whole root into the pot without cutting the stalk, and then cut the stalk before cooking, so that the nutrition preservation will be more complete.
3. Heat a pot of water and add appropriate amount of salt to the water. After boiling, add okra. Okra is lighter and will float on the surface of the water, so keep turning after boiling, and let okra heat evenly.
4. Blanch for about 3 minutes. When the color of the okra gets darker, it will be out of the pot immediately. Blanching for too long will make the okra soft and affect the taste.
5. After the okra out of the pot, immediately immerse it in cold water to cool down. Ice water is better. This is the key to keep the okra crisp.
6. After the okra is fully cooled, it can be fished out to control the water, cut into strips or pieces according to the requirements of the finished dish, and then it can be used to make all kinds of dishes.
Who can't eat okra
1. Okra is a kind of cold vegetable. Therefore, people with cold constitution and women with menstrual period are not suitable to eat too much, so as to avoid increasing cold in the body, resulting in spleen and stomach deficiency cold, palace cold and dysmenorrhea.
2, okra contains a lot of mucus protein, belongs to allergic substances, therefore, people with allergic constitution had better eat less okra, even if you want to eat, it is best to blanch water first to avoid allergy.