Okra with Rice

Ingredients

• 1 quart of okra
• 6 tomatoes
• 1/2 pint of water
• 2 large green peppers
• a large onion
• 4 oz. of rice

Method

1. 1

   Wash and cut okra into slices; peel and cut tomatoes into squares.

2. 2

   Put okra and tomatoes into a stew-pan, add water, season with salt, and add green peppers and sliced onion.

3. 3

   Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.

4. 4

   Meanwhile, wash and boil rice.

5. 5

   When ready to serve, arrange rice in a pyramid on a hot dish; pour around the okra.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from How to cook vegetables (1911) by Charles Herman Senn, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 pints of water, and season with salt, cover the pan, and cook slowly for 30 minutes, or until the okra is perfectly tender. Then add 1 oz. of butter, 1 tablespoonful of vinegar, and season with pepper, dish up, and serve. This is a very nice accompaniment to nut dishes. OKRA. 123 Stewed Okra with Tomatoes. Prepare and boil 8 or 10 okra pods, and put them to drain. Mince finely half a small onion or 3 shallots, fry lightly in 1 oz. of butter and add 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled and cut into slices. Simmer for a few minutes, then add the okra pods, season to taste with salt and paprika pepper, and continue to cook for another 15 minutes. Dish up on slices of buttered toast. Okra Omelet. Beat up 5 eggs, add 1 tablespoonful of milk, a few drops of onion juice, a dessertspoonful chopped parsley, season with salt, pepper, and paprika. Stir this over the fire in an omelet-pan containing 1 oz. of melted butter. When sufficiently cooked, put a gill of chopped and cooked okra in the centre, then shape the omelet, allow it to set and brown, turn out on a hot dish, and serve at once. Okra Succotash. Peel 4 large tomatoes, cut into squares, and put into a saucepan. Wash and slice one quart okra, and add it to the tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, cover, and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Then add ^ pint of cooked beans, 1 oz. of butter, and cook 20 minutes longer. Then add ^ pint of preserved American corn, allow to boil up, and serve. Okra with Rice. Wash and cut into slices 1 quart of okra ; peel 6 tomatoes, and cut into squares. Put the okra and tomatoes into a stew-pan, add x pint of water, and season with salt, add also 2 large green peppers, and a large onion sliced very thinly. Cover the pan, and simmer for 45 minutes. While this is cooking, wash and boil 4 oz. of rice

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