Okra

We provide high quality Ethiopia Okra to the local and export market. We source the raw fresh Ethiopia Okra from family growers in the country.

Okra is perhaps the one crop that many point to have an origin in Ethiopia. Though some argue that it may have come from as far as Asia and others voucher for West Africa, the main consensus is ancient Abyssinia, which is modern-day Ethiopia. Supporting evidence includes the fact that 1200 years before Christ, the neighboring Egyptians used the plant for medicinal and culinary purposes. The Europeans came to give Okra its present name in the 1800s, while down the centuries it got the nickname, ‘lady’s fingers.’

We source our Okra from the Ethiopia-Eriteria border where it supposedly originated. The plant is also available along the western border with Sudan. It grows on the banks of the Blue Nile in some places.

Some of the culinary uses of Ethiopia okra is that of making stews, with the tapered slices of the vegetable serving as the soup material due to their juicy, thick content. There are many other ways to enjoy the dish including in all forms of cooking from boiling to steaming and frying. The unquestionable benefits of the pointed pods include the correction of bad cholesterol accumulation in blood. The plant also keeps the intestines healthy by giving nutrition to the good microbes in the stomach. It also keeps constipation away. The vitamin C content of the plant is about 38 percent while that of the carotene-bearing vitamin A for good vision is 14 percent of the daily needs of a person. It also contains relative amounts of iron, magnesium and potassium for bone health.