Cornmeal Okra Balls
Cornmeal Okra Balls

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cornmeal okra balls. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cornmeal cou-cou (or cou cou) is, quite simply, cornmeal cooked with okra and water. It is done low and slow until all the liquid is absorbed and the mixture comes away easily from the sides of the pot. Pour buttermilk over okra, covering completely.

Cornmeal Okra Balls is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Cornmeal Okra Balls is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cornmeal okra balls using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cornmeal Okra Balls:
  1. Take Bhindi (Ladyfinger/Okra): (cut into roundels)
  2. Make ready Makkai Atta (cornmeal/maize flour)
  3. Prepare Carrot
  4. Prepare Capsicum
  5. Get Buttermilk
  6. Get Eno (fruit salt)
  7. Make ready Oil
  8. Prepare White Sesame seeds (safed til)
  9. Get Black pepper
  10. Take Salt

These okra cornmeal cakes are pan fried with a crispy outside and spicy soft center. They're perfect with the refreshing cilantro lime yogurt dip. Sometimes there's really not much to say about a recipe. Using two medium skillets gives the okra plenty of room to cook up extra crispy.

Instructions to make Cornmeal Okra Balls:
  1. Microwave the ladyfinger roundels for a minute.
  2. In a bowl mix together makkai atta, bhindi, carrot, capsicum, salt, and black pepper. Mix well.
  3. Add buttermilk and mix well. The consistency of the batter will be thick.
  4. Heat an appam pan and apply oil in all the cavities. Sprinkle sesame seeds in the cavities.
  5. Add eno to the batter and whisk well. You will see bubbles coming up in the batter.
  6. Take a spoonful of batter and pour into the cavity. Similarly, pour the batter in the remaining cavities. Let cook covered for about 7-8 minutes.
  7. Uncover and flip the balls. Let cook from the other for 6-7 minutes.
  8. Serve hot with curd, chutney etc.
  9. Delicious “Cornmeal Okra balls” is ready!

Or if you prefer, you can make all of the okra in a single large skillet. Prepare a tray lined with paper towel. Even if you object to the slippery texture of stewed okra, we think these little fried disks will win you over. "We wanted to showcase the heirloom okra from The Hermitage Hotel Garden at Glen Leven Farm. One of the traditional ways to present that is marinated in buttermilk, dredged in cornmeal. Looking for unique recipes using cornmeal?

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