
🥙 Middle Eastern Vegetarian
Okra Pickles
🥙 Middle Eastern
Sharp, crunchy quick pickles with okra — the mezze table's essential counterpoint. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.
Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy
Ingredients
- Saltto taste
- Onion1/2, thinly sliced
- Garlic4 cloves
- Lemon1, juiced
- Olive Oil3 tbsp
- Vinegar200 ml
- Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
- Okra400 g
Instructions
- 1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
- 2
Prepare the okra — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
- 3
Toss the okra with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.
- 4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.
Chef's tip
For deeper flavour, toast the ground cumin in the oil before adding anything wet.
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