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    Home » Condiments » Tomato-Okra Raita/Thakkali-Vendaikai Thayir Pachadi

    Tomato-Okra Raita/Thakkali-Vendaikai Thayir Pachadi

    Apr 30, 2012 · Modified: Apr 6, 2020 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    Thayir Pachadi or Raita is a Definite Menu in a Festive Spread in every South-indian Home. It is served as an Accompaniment to the Vadai/Lentil Snack part of the Spread.  Mostly because Vadai/Lentil Snack taste awesome when served hot, but when it is cold, it gets somewhat dry and definitely needs a spicy dip to push it down the throat. 
    Raita/Thayir Pachdi is easy to make and taste great with the mild spices in it. Amma used to make a large quantity of this coz, we three siblings used to have it with Curd Rice too. These 7 days Menu had a lot of Bhindi/Okra Recipe, i used it often, since it is easy to make anything out of it. This Raita or Thayir Pachadi is yet another recipe to prove the versatility of this slimy Vegetable.
    This recipe can be made using Brinjal/Tomato/Ash gourd/Cucumber also.

    Ingredients
    8-10 Okra’s/Lady’s finger/Bhindi or any of the above given veggie.
    1 Cup yoghurt, Whisked
    1 small tomato 
    Salt to taste
    Tempering
    1-2 teaspoon Oil
    ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds/Kadugu
    a sprig of curry leaf
    3 nos green chilies, slited lengthwise
    ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
    hing a pinch

    Method
    • Wash and Pat dry the Okra’s/Lady’s finger with Kitchen Towel. Trim the head and tail and cut them into 1 inch pieces.
    • Heat a teaspoon of oil in a Non-stick pan, and Saute the Lady’s finger in a low flame until it is cooked. The rawness of the vegetable must escape completely and it should be roasted on all the sides. This is will take about 10-12 minutes. Once done, Take it off the flame and Drain it on a kitchen towel.
    • Heat another teaspoon of oil in the same pan, splutter mustard seeds, add green chilies and saute, add hing, turmeric and curry leaf, saute everything for a minute or two.
    • Add chopped tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy and oil separates, add the sauteed okra’s/Lady’s Finger to this and mix well, sprinkle little salt for the veggies.Switch off the stove.
    • In a Deep Bowl, add yogurt and salt needed for the yogurt and whisk well. Add the sauteed okra-tomato mixture to this and mix well. Chill until served. Serve as a Dip.
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    Comments

    1. Akila

      April 30, 2012 at 5:07 am

      Yummy fry n love love the raita….

      Reply
    2. The Pumpkin Farm

      April 30, 2012 at 5:23 am

      yummy raitha…would love to try this out for a change from thre regular raithas

      Reply
    3. Priya dharshini

      April 30, 2012 at 6:15 am

      My Fav raita..Nice to see ur version..

      Reply
    4. Aarthi

      April 30, 2012 at 6:34 am

      yummy raita

      Reply
    5. Shobha

      April 30, 2012 at 10:16 am

      Must try this pachadi..never made with bhindi.

      Reply
    6. Srivalli

      April 30, 2012 at 10:49 am

      Love that fried item as well!..good to have you in the BM..enjoyed all your posts Priya..

      Reply
    7. Priya Suresh

      April 30, 2012 at 11:16 am

      Wat a beautiful way to enjoy okras,yummy raitha Priya.

      Reply
    8. Harini R

      April 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm

      Good one! Been a while since I had okra raitha.

      Reply
    9. Padmajha

      April 30, 2012 at 1:17 pm

      Love raitas adn this is one of my fav. Enjoyed all your post Priya 🙂

      Reply
    10. Mom

      April 30, 2012 at 2:48 pm

      Looks Amazing

      Reply
    11. Mom

      April 30, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      Looks Amazing!

      Reply
    12. vaishali sabnani

      April 30, 2012 at 11:39 pm

      never heard of this raita..sounds interesting!

      Reply
    13. Nalini's Kitchen

      April 30, 2012 at 11:48 pm

      Okra raitha is my favorite,never used tomato..will try it soon…looks inviting.

      Reply
    14. Champa

      May 01, 2012 at 12:10 am

      I had never heard of okra raita. Just mor kuzhambu. Nice.

      Reply
    15. Chef Mireille

      May 01, 2012 at 12:24 am

      what a unique raita…totally new to me!

      Reply
    16. Vardhini

      May 01, 2012 at 1:06 am

      Okra and yogurt .. my 2 favorites in one dish. Yummy.

      Vardhini
      CooksJoy

      Reply
    17. Unknown

      May 01, 2012 at 8:38 am

      Delicious pachadi,luks yum…

      Reply
    18. Asiya Omar

      May 01, 2012 at 7:19 pm

      Pachadi looks delicious.

      Reply
    19. Unknown

      May 14, 2012 at 2:28 pm

      Nice combination of okra and tomato in raita..

      Reply

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