okra
oh kruh
- n long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- n tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
- n long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
- African slaves brought frying and okra to the Caribbean and the American South.
- A la carte delicacies include mutton in coconut paste and cashew gravy (kid ghost) and okra in a spicy tomato sauce (khara bhendi) .
- Most of the chairs at the Prime Minister's table are empty now, and the long cloth is littered with the remains of a large early-evening repast: half-eaten bowls of lamb and okra .