Red Lady's Finger

A relative gave me some red lady's finger, and we thought that it was an out-of-this world kind of vegetable. We are more used to the green colour version that can be found abundance in our local pasar. The beauty of the thing was that it is dark red on the outside, green on the inside and it has less slimy fluid.

The other outstanding thing was that once you cook it, either steamed or fried, the red color turned into green without leaving a trace of the red colour. It just did not behave like red spinach, beet root or red dragon fruit is.

A check on the wikipedia showed that the lady's finger is known as okra in other parts of the world, and this red version is part of the okra family.