Washism

Round okra?

Saw the word 丸, which means round, on the okra pack...

Looks like the usual okra to me...

Looks like this when sliced

Both Jun n i had them for lunch.

His, in the bento...

Wokfried chicken with gouqi berries, okra and tuna salad, black sesame tamagoyaki.

I had mine, grilled with salt, and with grilled tuna cubes.

Tasted just like the normal okras. Like most okras, which are grown in southern Japan, these were from Okinawa. Got them from the supermarket =)

And introducing another interesting vegetable i got from the farmers mart...
SUUUUUUUUPER LOOOOOOOOOONG long beans. And really skinny too!!!

Tossed them into my bean and tako salad for dinner. Topped with garlic rosemary baked mini potatoes.

And since i was baking potatoes, popped these giant leeks into the oven too.

i love these with whenever i have yakitori! but we didnt have chicken today, so grilled plain, with some nori paste to spread on.

A whole lot of vegetables today again...

with eggplant in simmered in homemade tomato and beef mushroom sauce.

I see no point in buying canned tomatoes since they are so in season now.

with 2 eggplants (sliced)

a handful of mushrooms (any brown kind, used shimji here)

2 medium tomatoes (roughly chopped)

1/2 a large onion (roughly chopped in squares)

50g lean ground beef (marinate with 1t ketchup, salt and pepper)

2T ketchup

1T worchestire sauce

1 cup consomme soup

1t shoyu

1/2T cornstarch

Fry the eggplants in a well heated pan with some olive oil. Dish out and put aside.

Fry onions in some oil till fragrant, add beef & fry till frangrant, add the tomatoes, then the consomme soup.

Put the eggplant back in, add 1T sake, cover and simmer on low heat for 8min.

Add ketchup and worchestire sauce and shoyu, simmer another 2 min.

Stir in cornstarch (predissolved in some water),

top on hot rice and serve with fresh basil.

I know this is the upteenth time we having eggplants this summer, but i really really enjoy eggplants cooked in any way! =)