Sunday, June 5, 2011

Nargisi Bhindi

Ingredients
3-4 cups of bhindi/okra, slit
2 onions,grind to paste,
1 tomato,pureed
1 tea cup of curd
2 tbsp of besan
1 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp cumin & coriander powder
1 tsp amchur powder
handful of coriander leaves
salt & oil


Method
Firstly, heat oil in a wok, and deep fry the slit bhindis for 3-4 minutes and remove off the heat.
In a pan, saute the onion paste till it turns brown, add the tomato puree and fry for 3 minutes
To this, add the masala the includes tumeric, red chili, cumin, coriander and amchur powder and mix well.
Mix the besan with the curd and add the same to the masala.Add salt and continue stirring for 5 minutes.Add water if required.
Once the mixture is of good consistency, add the fried slit bhindis, let the masala coat well and cook for another 5 minutes on low heat.
Once ready, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapatis.