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Okra Salad

A salad of boiled okra with diced tomato, celery, green pepper, and seasoned with salt, pepper, and margarine or olive oil.

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Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Okra Salad

Time3-5 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil okra in a saucepan.

  2. Drain the okra and set aside.

  3. Prepare the other vegetables: dice the tomato, chop the celery and chop the green pepper.

Cook

  1. Melt the margarine or olive oil.

  2. Add the okra, celery, tomato and green pepper.

  3. Stir-fry for about 3-5 minutes.

  4. Remove from heat.

Serve

  1. Serve hot as an accompaniment to the main course.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

319Calories
5 gProtein
26 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Okra1 cup (100g)33
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Okra + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together327 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Tomato + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Okra + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Okra
Provides the main bulk and a soft, slightly mucilaginous texture when cooked.
Tomato
Adds moisture and acidity that brightens the vegetables as they cook down.
Green pepper
Contributes crisp-tender texture and a fresh, slightly bitter vegetal flavour.
Celery
Adds crunch and a mild savoury aroma to the stir-fry.
Margarine or olive oil
Conducts heat for the stir-fry and carries flavour through the vegetables.

The step that matters

Stir-fry for about 3-5 minutes. Cooking over high heat for a short time keeps the vegetables crisp-tender. Longer cooking softens the okra further and releases more of its sticky mucilage, and the tomato releases moisture that can make the dish watery.

Swap the okra

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, celery, pepper, olive):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Okrathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, celery, pepper, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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