VENDAKKAI CURRY / LADIES FINGER CURRY

in , on Sunday, September 30, 2012

           Vendakkai AKA Okra/bhendi is one of the veggie I love to eat,especially this recipe I learnt from my MIL is so yummy with sambhar rice! She in turn got special tips for this recipe from my FIL ;)

Vendakkai Curry

Ingredients

Ladies finger/vendaikai 20 –25 nos.
Onion 1  nos
Tomato 2 nos
Sambhar powder 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/4 tsp
Salt As needed
Sesame oil 3 tblsp

To Temper

Oil 1 tsp
Mustard 3/4 tsp
Ulutham paruppu/Urad dal 1 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig

 

Vendakkai Curry with sambar and rice

Method:

  1. Wash and pat dry the ladies finger and cut into desired bite size pieces.
    Cut ladiesfingers
  2. Chop the onion and tomatoes finely and set aside.
  3. Heat a pan with the sesame oil and fry the cut ladies finger in medium flame stirring now and then until the ladies finger starts turning brown here and there and the viscous nature of it goes away. Keep aside.
    Fried
  4. Heat oil  for tempering and splutter the mustard,add urad dal and the curry leaves. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent.
    temper,fry onion
  5. Add the chopped tomatoes and add required salt,fry till the tomatoes turn mushy.
    fry tomato till mushy
  6. Add the fried ladies finger,sambhar powder and turmeric powder and mix well.
    Add ladies finger
  7. Sprinkle some 2 tblsps of water and mix well and cook covered in medium low flame for 5-8 minutes.
    cook covered
  8. Stir in between for even cooking. Fry in high flame at last to take out excess water if any.
    cooked

            Transfer to the serving bowl and enjoy as accompaniment for rice!

            Vendaikai curry 

            Notes:

            • Choose young ladies finger while buying(if you break the tail part,it should break crisp)
            • If the ladies finger is very old,big and have so much of seeds in it,its not young and it will break while you cook and wont be tasty.

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