🏝️ Caribbean Vegetarian

Okra Poke-Island

Name: Okra Poke-Island
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 1, juiced Lime; 1 Avocado; 400 g Okra; handful, torn Fresh Thyme; 50 g, toasted Coconut

🏝️ Caribbean

A bright, herb-packed caribbean salad where okra meets a punchy dressing — fresh, loud and addictive. About 15 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Lime1, juiced
Avocado1
Okra400 g
Fresh Thymehandful, torn
Coconut50 g, toasted

Instructions

1
Whisk the lime 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 thyme and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lime if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — caribbean cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: How To Make Haitian Okra- Sauce Calalou · on YouTube