Okra with Sesame Sauce

I used to be hooked on Kewpie products, especially the sesame dressing. The flavour was always so complex that in my head it could go with anything.

Okra is always a funny veg because you hate it or love it, especially when it hasn't been treated well or cooked to death in a stew. So to make more people love it, why not dump one of my favourite sauces there?

I made my own version of the sauce with tahini because I figured it was close enough and also sesame based. Turned out amazingly well and relatively similar

Ingredients

• Okra

Sauce

• 5 tbsp tahini

• 5 tbsp miso paste (I used the chickpea one from Foodcraft)

• 2 tbsp Dijon mustard

• 1 tbsp hot sauce like tabasco or sriracha

• 1 tbsp honey or agave

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 150ml water

• Salt

• Pepper

• Sesame seeds, toasted

Instructions

1. Wash okra

2. Cook whole in boiling water for 3-5 mins until tender

3. Place in a bowl of ice water

4. Drain, and leave to the side

Sauce

1. Mix together tahini, miso, mustard, hot sauce and honey/ agave

2. Slowly add the water, mixing well

3. Add olive oil

4. Season with salt and pepper

5. Serve with okra

6. Top with sesame seeds