1 Blanching okra is cold water or boiling water

Boiling water.

When blanching okra, you need to wait for the water to boil and then blanch the okra in it for about 2-3 minutes, and if it is fried, you only need to blanch it for about 30 seconds, so that the okra tastes crispy and tender.

And if the okra is cold water in the pot, then it will be cooked with the water heated together, stay in the water for a long time, not only will cause more nutrient loss, but also easy to make the texture of the okra older and softer, so that the taste is greatly reduced.

2 cold okra blanching need to soak in cold water after

need.

After blanching okra, the overall temperature is relatively high, if you don't blanch, then the remaining temperature will be the flesh of the okra boiled old boiled soft, and then used to cold mix, it will make the okra tastes not crispy.

It is recommended that after blanching the okra in cool water or ice water soak, not only can quickly reduce the temperature of the okra, but also to prevent the destruction of high temperature on the pigmentation, to maintain the green color of okra, so that the cold okra to do out of more appetizing.

3 okra fried before the need to blanch

Recommended blanching.

Okra contains a certain amount of oxalic acid, tannin and bitterness, eating will be with a certain bitter taste, after blanching can be most of these substances are removed, and then fried if eaten will be more delicious.

And okra in the fried before the blanching process, if you can reduce the okra in the subsequent cooking in the frying time, not only can reduce the loss of nutrients okra, but also to prevent high temperature on the destruction of the color of okra, fried out of the okra will be more good-looking and delicious.

4 blanched okra water can drink

Not recommended to drink.

Okra contains a certain amount of oxalic acid, tannin and bitterness, after blanching these substances will dissolve into the water. And these substances not only taste bitter, after eating will inhibit the human intestinal absorption and utilization of nutrients, so it is not recommended to drink blanched okra water.

But after treatment of okra can be used to drink water, which okra is rich in vitamins and minerals, used to drink water with the protection of gastric mucosa, promote digestion, enhance the role of appetite.