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Okra

Family: Okra

Cooked with in 39 dishes across 12 food worlds

West Africa · 13 dishes

  • Caldou
  • Ceebu jën
  • Soupou kandja
  • Konkoé
  • Lafidi
  • Palm butter soup
  • Soupe kandia
  • Torborgee
  • Sauce graine
  • Tiga dèguè na
  • Tô with sauce gombo
  • Calulu de peixe
  • Siga

Central Africa · 3 dishes

  • Nkui
  • Daraba
  • Moula kawal

The Horn · 4 dishes

  • Mullah ahmar, the red mullah, also called tagalia
  • Mullah kawal
  • Mullah rob
  • Swala, or mula kombo ta bamia

North Africa · 1 dish

  • Bamia

Southern Africa · 2 dishes

  • Calulu de peixe
  • Muamba de galinha

The Gulf and Arabia · 1 dish

  • Timman wa margat bamya

The Indian subcontinent · 3 dishes

  • Sai bhaji
  • Sambar
  • Vatha kuzhambu

Mainland Southeast Asia · 1 dish

  • Canh chua cá lóc

Maritime Southeast Asia · 1 dish

  • Sinigang na Baboy

The Caribbean · 5 dishes

  • Ital stew
  • Callaloo and crab
  • Callaloo Soup
  • Cou-cou and Flying Fish
  • Fungee and Pepperpot

North America · 1 dish

  • Lowcountry okra soup

Mainland Brazil · 4 dishes

  • Caruru
  • Xinxim de galinha
  • Rabada
  • Frango com quiabo
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