1 okra raw or cooked

cooked is better.

Although eating raw can better retain the nutrients in the okra, and the taste is more crisp. But it is recommended to eat okra cooked better, because okra contains a lot of oxalic acid components, directly eaten raw taste will be on the bitter side, in addition to eating raw will be too much intake of oxalic acid components, these oxalic acid components will be combined with the body of protein and calcium to generate precipitation, which will increase the chance of suffering from stones. At the same time, okra is cool food, eaten directly raw on the spleen and stomach damage.

2 okra blackened can eat

not recommended to eat again.

The surface of the okra blackened black situation is not recommended to continue to eat, because the okra blackened that is improperly preserved to make the okra bacterial growth, thus causing the okra spoilage and lead to. There or okra was squeezed by the oxidation of the surface black, no matter which reason caused by the okra bitter is not recommended to eat, because the taste of this okra is not good, the nutrients inside also began to lose, the food value is not high.

3 okra old hard can still eat

can.

After the okra matured too much, it will slowly become old, after the old okra will slowly fibrous, which will make the okra hard, like this old and hard okra is still can continue to eat, it still has nutritional value, just taste will not be so good to eat.

It is recommended to buy okra when you try to choose a little tender, so that the okra eat up the taste will be better, in addition, if you feel that the okra after the old hard taste, you can use it to cook soup to drink.

4 okra must be blanched

It is best to blanch again.

1. Okra in the oxalic acid content is relatively large, direct consumption of taste is not very good, and excessive intake of oxalic acid will affect the health, but if you can blanch the okra again, most of the oxalic acid can be dissolved.

2. Blanching okra once can also better remove the surface of the bacteria and pesticide residues, okra will eat more healthy.