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Okra (Lady's Finger)
............................................................ A popular and delicious vegetable with a distinct flavour originated in Africa, it is covered in fine hair and is rather slimy when cut, for that reason, it's often used whole. Usually smaller young pods are preferred as matured ones tend to be fibrous and tough. |
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Omum
............................................................ Trachyspermum ammi Very small seeds with a distinct strong taste used to flavour murukku and other Indian dishes. |
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Opeh / opih
............................................................ Areca catechu etc Peeled from the leaf base of some palm species, these sheets of tough wrappers are used as plates as well as take away packages. |
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Oyster Sauce
............................................................ A popular sauce from the Cantonese kitchen used too often in Asian restaurants especially Chinese and Thai. This seemingly indispensable sauce is a relatively new invention just over a hundred years old. |
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