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Okra (US: / ˈ oʊ k r ə /, UK: / ˈ ɒ k r ə /), Abelmoschus esculentus, known in some English-speaking countries as lady's fingers, [2] [3] is a flowering plant in the mallow family native to East Africa. [4]
English common names include angled luffa, Chinese okra, dish cloth gourd, ridged gourd, sponge gourd, vegetable gourd, strainer vine, ribbed loofah, silky gourd, and silk gourd. [ 2 ] Uses
Delele is a Zimbabwean, Zambian, north-eastern Botswana and Northern South African dish made from a local plant of the same name, and often eaten with sadza or phaletšhe or Vhuswa. The English word for delele is okra. [1] Okra is also referred to as "derere". [1] [2] It is prepared with baking soda and well known for its slimy texture. Delele ...
One origin is the Bambara language of West Africa in which gombo means okra [3] The other origin is the system of Bantu languages spoken by many enslaved people from Central Africa. The vegetable okra was known as ki ngombo or quingombo in Kimbundu; [3] the word is akin to the Umbundu: ochinggômbo and the Luba-Lulua: chinggômbô "okra".
Assamese name English name Scientific name Image Bondha-Kobi, Bondhakobi Cabbage: Brassica oleracea Capitata Group Ful-Kobi, Phulkobi Cauliflower: Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group Ul-Kobi, Oolkobi Knolkhol or Kohlrabi: Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group Alu Potato: Solanum tuberosum: Kath-Alu, Thaa in Bodo Yam Dioscorea alata: Mitha-Alu, Ronga ...
[8] [9] After this initial publication, okra soup was commonly included in American cookbooks. [8] In the late 1800s, okra soup recipes were commonly published in The New York Times. [10] American okra soup can be prepared using canned, frozen, or fresh okra. [11] It is a traditional soup in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. [12]
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), a flowering plant valued for its edible seed pods Okra soup; Other plants known as "okra" "Bush okra", also known as Mulukhiyah; Chinese okra, also known as Luffa; West African okra, aka Abelmoschus caillei; Okra, the name in antiquity of Nanos (plateau) in Slovenia "Okra" (song), a single by rapper Tyler, the Creator
Luffa is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the pumpkin, squash and gourd family (Cucurbitaceae).. In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah [3] or less frequently loofa, [4] usually refers to the fruits of the species Luffa aegyptiaca and Luffa acutangula.