Description
Various Local Organic Farms
🚚 The Fastest Delivery Time : 2-day delivery.
🐝 Supplier / Place Of Origin：Various Local Organic Farms / Hong Kong
🔖 Certification： HKORC Certified
🌱 Producer Introduction：
In Hong Kong, more than 30% of the certified organic vegetables come from local certified organic farms, which is the largest source of certified organic vegetables besides the mainland (43.3%).
Organic certification helps increase consumer confidence in our industry's produce. All certified organic crops, from planting, fertilization to harvesting and sales, must comply with the requirements of the "Organic Crop Production, Aquaculture and Processing Standards" to ensure that the production of crops is responsible for the health of consumers and the environment.
When organic products need to be sold at the wholesale and retail level, consumers cannot have direct contact with producers, and consumers do not understand the production process; at this time, organic certification can be used as a transaction standard for both parties, and consumers can see the certification mark You can buy with confidence, and if you have doubts, you can also make inquiries or complaints to the certification body.
🌱 Supplier Products：
🛍 Product Information (Main) (English)：
Binomial Name：
Chinese Name：秋葵
Other Names：Okra | Lady Finger
Product Description：The unripe tender okra fruit can be eaten as a vegetable. It tastes soft, glutinous and sticky. It is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron and various vitamins, which can help people eliminate fatigue and quickly restore physical strength. The seeds are spherical, with an oil content of 15–20%. The oil contains a small amount of gossypol, which is slightly toxic, but it can be used for food or industry after high temperature treatment. The mature seeds can be used as a coffee substitute after being fried and ground. Okra is also known as coffee amber.
Variety：
Supply Season：The main production period is from November to April of the following year, and it is available in Hong Kong throughout the year.
Storage Method：
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Cooking Skills：The leaves and unripe fruit of okra have long been used to make poultices believed to relieve pain, moisturize the skin, induce sweating, prevent scurvy and treat urinary disorders. The mucus in the fruit is used as a plasma substitute and a blood volume expander. The mucus is obtained by slicing the tender okra fruit into slices and boiling it in water. It is an acidic polysaccharide composed of galacturonic acid, rhamnose and composed of glucose, it is easy to decompose when overheated. [4]
Notes：Okra contains fructan and calcium oxalate. People with intestinal problems, kidney stones and high uric acid are not recommended to overdose.
Dish：The fruit is generally cooked and eaten, and can also be fried, steamed, roasted, mashed or eaten raw. It is often used to make soups, sauces, stews, curries and salads.
Suggested Eating Method：
Okra's leaves and immature fruits have long been used to make plaster. It is believed that it can relieve pain, moisturize the skin, induce sweat, prevent scurvy, and treat urinary system diseases. The mucus in the fruit is used as a plasma replacement product and a blood capacity extension. The mucus is cut into slices of okra and tender fruit into the water and cooked. It is an acidic polysaccharide substance. It is composed of semi -lactal acid, mouse sugar and glucose. It is easy to decompose when overheating. [4]
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🔅Precautions (English Version)：
☘️ Preserve vegetables
1. Leafy vegetables and softer vegetables, if packaged, should be placed in the cold box in the original package;
2. Organic Vegetables are more prone to spoilage if they have water droplets. Put the vegetables in a ventilated place to dry or wipe off the water vapor, then wrap the vegetables in slightly damp newspaper and put them in a plastic bag before refrigerating. ;
3. Organic vegetables do not use preservatives or special treatments. Vegetables are generally stored for three to five days. Some vegetables will decompose enzymes, so they should be eaten as soon as possible.
☘️ How to wash vegetables
Special attention: The dishes, especially small flowers and broccoli, are best soaked in the water to remove residual pesticides (this is organic farm, but will have, but not chemical, except to Re-generative Farm). It is recommended to use our vegetables and vegetables environmentally friendly cleaner
Dish Drops for 3 to 5 minutes to eliminate residuals, sand and dust.
1. Wash vegetables before cooking to keep them fresh;
2. It is not advisable to soak the vegetables for too long, and they should be washed first and then cut to avoid the loss of vitamins;
3. Washing vegetables with dilute salt water or Dish Drop can easily remove vegetable insects;
4. Cut vegetables with a stainless steel knife to reduce vitamin loss;
5. Vegetable leaves contain a lot of nutrients, so you should avoid shredding, chopping or grinding the leaves;
6. Immediately after cutting, to avoid the loss of vitamins due to air oxidation.
