BENDAKAYI FRY LADYSFINGER VEPUDU

BENDAKAYI FRY 

INGREDIENTS

250 GMS Bendakayi or Okra

½ tsp spoon - Urdh dal

½ tsp spoon - Chenna dal

½ tsp mustard seeds

½ tsp Turmeric

1 tsp corriander powder

1 tsp chilli powder

8 pieces of green chilli

Few curry leaves

1/2 Cup sliced onons

1/2 cup sliced tomatoes

salt

2 spoons oil

Grated coconut

1 tsp Sambar powder

DO IT YOURSELF - LETS DO IT

wash and dry 250 grams bendakaya (okra or bhindi or ladysfinger) with a clean kitchen towel. Slice the bendakaya to rounds of desired size. 

Take a frying pan.

Heat 2 spoons oil

add ½ tsp mustard seeds, ½ tsp cumin seeds & ½ tsp urad dal 

add few curry leaves

Saute till the mustard seeds crackle and the urad dal turns golden.

Next add slit or chopped green chilies.

Then add ½ cup chopped onion And ½ cup chopped tomatoes

Mix the spice powders (Turmeric, Corriander powder & Red Chilli powder) with the rest of the ingredients.

Add the chopped bendakaya and salt as per your taste

stir well again and at intervals of 3 to 4 minutes for uniform cooking, saute on a low flame covering the pan with a lid.

Add grated coconut and sambar powder. Sambar powder adds taste to the fry

switch off the flame when the okra is done and cooked well.

Serve bendakaya fry as a side dish with curd-rice, sambar-rice or rasam-rice. This goes well with chapatis and rotis aswell