Long before it rooted itself in Southern soil, okra journeyed from its birthplace in East Africa, spreading north and west ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might think of the vegetable okra as a mysterious finger-shaped pod with a notoriously slippery texture. If you've eaten it, ...

If you want to keep okra fresh for a long time, it is most important to keep a few things in mind while buying them. Okra should be soft, and also not have too many seeds. To get an idea of this, try ...

There's nothing quite like perfectly ripe, fresh okra.

Abundant summer produce is one of my favorite things about living in the South. A Saturday morning farmer’s market trip means ...

Panaji: ICAR will launch a new okra variety called Saathsheera (seven ridges). Almost a foot-long, this is the longest variety of okra in Goa at 30cm length. “There are variations in ridges but the ...

No diss to popcorn or fries, but fried okra is summer's greatest guilty pleasure. In the garden, sturdy, drought-resistant okra with its pale-yellow hibiscus-like flowers soars and spits out a steady ...