Crispy roasted okra in air fryer with no breading or eggs is delightfully tasty. It is a tasty vegan side. Super easy recipe and okra comes out crispy while retaining its beautiful green colour.
Okra is among my favourite vegetables. To avoid it becoming slimy, you have to dry it well and roast it. Then it turns out crunchy. If you cut and cook in a soup or stew, it will be slimy and not to so good. You can also do fried okra along with sliced onion to add more flavour to your side. You can make this recipe both with fresh okra and with frozen okra.
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Instructions
Wash and completely dry okra. Snip off the ends and cut into ½ to 1" long pieces. Set aside. Assemble all the spices together. You can also use 1 sliced onion in the recipe.
Add the spices that are ground coriander, salt, paprika, garlic powder, pepper and turmeric along with oil to the okra pieces and mix well. You can also use frozen okra in the recipe. Just add oil and spices to it.
Air frying instructions
Preheat air fryer at 180C or 360F for 5 minutes. Lay the okra in air fryer basket in one layer ensuring that they do not overlap.
Air fry at 180C or 360F for about 10-12 minutes till okra is crispy and well cooked. Once or twice during air frying time, take out the basket and shake. This is to ensure that they cook evenly.
To check for doneness, you can pick out one and eat. Now take them out and serve hot as a vegetable side. Your air fried okra is done.
Expert Tips
1. Wash fresh okra, dry it completely. It is very important that your okra be totally dry. Else it will turn slimy instead of crunchy when air frying or cooking on gas stove.
2. Preheat Air fryer while you add the spices with oil to the okra. This is done so that we don't leave okra sitting around in spices releasing water.
3. After preheating time, spread okra in air fryer basket, making sure that you put them in single layer without overlapping.
4. You can store leftover air fried okra in air tight container for 2-3 days. Air fry or microwave to heat up when serving.
5. I love using cayenne and pepper both as I love spice. But use whatever you are comfortable with. This recipe will not work without oil.
6. You can also air fry one sliced onion along with okra for a delicious vegetable side. You will get crispy fried onion along with okra.
Here's the recipe card:
Crispy Air fryer Okra
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Okra or about 500 gm.
- 1 onion sliced optional
- 1.5 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp. Garlic powder
- 1 tsp. Paprika
- ¼ tsp. Pepper
- ½ tsp. Ground coriander
- ½ tsp. Salt
- ¼ tsp. turmeric
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Instructions
- Wash and completely dry okra. Snip off the ends and cut into ½ to 1" long pieces. Set aside.
- Assemble all the spices together.
- Add the spices along with oil to the okra pieces and mix well.
Air frying instructions
- Preheat air fryer at 180C or 360F for 5 minutes.
- Lay the okra in air fryer basket in one layer ensuring that they do not overlap.
- Air fry at 180C or 360F for about 10-12 minutes till okra is crispy and well cooked. Once or twice during air frying time, take out the basket and shake.
- This is to ensure that they cook evenly.
- To check for doneness, you can pick out one and eat.
- Now take them out and serve hot as a vegetable side. Your air fried okra is done.
- It is also a popular Indian side known as bhindi masala or bhindi fry. Have it with rotis. Enjoy
Notes
2. Preheat Air fryer while you add the spices with oil to the okra.
3. This is done so that we don't leave okra sitting around in spices releasing water.
4. After preheating time, spread okra in air fryer basket, making sure that you put them in one layer without overlapping.
5. Air fry till the okra is cooked and crispy. Take out and serve hot.
6. You can store the air fried okra in air tight container for 2-3 days. Air fry or microwave to heat up when serving.
7. You can also air fry one sliced onion along with okra for a delicious vegetable side. You will get crispy fried onion along with okra
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