When will okra be on the market?

Okra is a common vegetable with special aroma, which can strengthen stomach and intestines and nourish yin and yang. it is an ideal green health vegetable. So when will okra go on sale?

First, when will okra come on the market?

Okra is usually on the market in July, but there is greenhouse planting, okra can be planted every April-August, and fresh and crisp okra can be eaten throughout the summer and autumn season.

Second, how to eat okra?

1. Dipping sauce: okra taste more smooth, can be directly eaten raw, can prepare their own favorite sauce mixing, convenient and delicious. The recommended sauce is soy sauce with mustard.

two。 Cold salad: okra mixing is not easy to break, it is very suitable for cold salad. According to your own taste, add basic seasoning, you can make a refreshing cold okra.

3. Stew: okra can be used to make thick soup or stew, okra has a certain stickiness, this mucus can also increase the concentration of dishes, the soup taste is also very delicious.

4. Stir-fried: okra itself is crisp and slippery, it is a kind of food that can be fried directly, and the fried okra tastes very delicious.

III. Nutritional value of okra

1. Okra contains pectin and bovine lactoglycan, which can help digestion, treat gastritis and gastric ulcer, protect skin and gastric mucosa, and is regarded as one of the best health vegetables for human beings. Okra can relieve gastrointestinal discomfort, good for the prevention of gastrointestinal diseases, but also can strengthen the spleen and stomach.

two。 Okra contains iron, calcium and sugars and other nutrients, has the effect of preventing anemia. The mucin it secretes can protect the gastric wall, promote gastric juice secretion, increase appetite and improve dyspepsia. Eating okra can supplement iron and calcium, which is good for protecting the intestines and stomach.

Okra is rich in nutritional value, eating more okra is very good for the body, if there are conditions, you can eat more okra appropriately.