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roast okra on a blue plate

Roasted okra, quick easy and delicious with no goo

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  • Author: Tooting Mama
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Cook Time: 15
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Side dish
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

Scale
  • 500g okra
  • 1 fresh red chilli – deseeded and chopped
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • Juice of a lime
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tbs desiccated coconut (unsweetened)

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees C
  2. Wash the okra and then pat them dry with kitchen paper
  3. Slice off the tops and discard, then slice the okra lengthways
  4. Scattter the okra onto a baking tray with the chopped red chilli, and drizzle with the oil
  5. Squeeze over the juice from the lime and then scatter the pinch of salt
  6. Place your baking tray on the middle shelf of your oven and roast for 10 – 12 minutes
  7. While the okra is roasting, put your cumin seeds and desiccated coconut into a small frying pan. Place on the heat, and gently toast. Once the coconut starts to turn golden brown – take off the heat and set aside
  8. Take the okra out of the oven, scatter over the cumin and coconut, mix thorougly and serve