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Ever since the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) began, Pinas Sarap had started its online cooking show on Facebook called ECQusina, where host Kara David and celebrity guests share recipes using affordable and easily accessible ingredients.

Kara David teaches you how to reduce sliminess of okra / Source: PinasSarapNewsTV (FB)

But you don't only learn new recipes in ECQusina; you also learn cooking tips that will make cooking easier and faster.

In ECQUsina's recent episode, Kara shared her Okra Curry recipe, which is inspired by the Indian dish Bhindi Masala.

And she also shared the following hacks on how to remove or reduce the slime in okra:

1. Chop and wash the okra, then pat it dry.
2. Put salt or thaw in vinegar.
3. Add tomatoes to the dish you are cooking.
4. Fry the okra before adding to your dish.
5. Make sure you don't cook too many okras in the pan.

Okras fried in high heat / Source: @PinasSarapNewsTV (FB)

As an additional tip, Kara suggested that you buy smaller okras as they tend to be less slimy than larger ones.

Watch Kara discuss the nutritional benefits of okra and why she recommended the tips listed above. Plus, learn how to make Okra Curry in this episode of Pinas Sarap's ECQusina.

For more recipes like this, watch Pinas Sarap on GMA News TV every Thursday at 7:15 p.m.

And if you want to catch ECQusina on Facebook, they go live every Thursday at 4 p.m. with Pinas Sarap host Kara David, and they also have a celebrity guest every Friday at 4 p.m.

For more lifestyle content, head out to GMA's Lifestyle page.

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