Ingredients for Okra/Lady’s finger/Vendaikai Fry
1/2 Kg Okra/Lady’s finger/Vendaikai
1/2 tsp Red Chili powder
Salt to taste
Tempering
1-2 tsp Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Chana/Gram Dal
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 spring of curry leaf
hing a pinch
Method
- Wash and Pat dry Okra/Lady’s Finger/Vendaikai with a kitchen towel. Chop into 1 inch pieces.
- Heat Oil given under tempering in a non-stick pan. Splutter mustard seeds, add chana/gram dal, turmeric, hing and curry leaf.
- Saute till the dal turn brown. Add the Chopped Vegetable, Give it a toss and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add Red Chili powder and Salt, mix well.Cook in a Slow flame until it is done.
- Stir/Toss frequently to avoid burning of the vegetable. It will take about 10-15 minutes for the Okra/Lady’s finger to roast.
- Serve Hot as an Rice accompaniment.
Ingredients for Methi/Fenugreek Kootu with Gram/Chana Dal
2 Medium-sized Bunches of Methi/Fenugreek Leaves
1/2 Cup Chana/Bengal Gram dal
2 nos green chili, silted lengthwise
1/4 Cup of Freshly grated coconut
Salt to taste
To Grind
1 tsp Corainder seeds/Dhaniya
1 and 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds/jeera
1 tsp Black pepper/Milagu
1/2 tsp Chana/Bengal Gram dal
1/2 tsp Tuvar dal/Pigeon Peas
Tempering
1-2 tsp Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Black gram dal, dehusked
2 nos red chili, broken into pieces
1 tsp of shredded ginger
hing a pinch
Method
- Soak Chana Dal/Bengal Gram dal in Water for 15 minutes. Remove the root part of the Fenugreek/Methi leaves, Clean and Chop the leaves. After the chopping you might get 3 Cups of loosely packed leaves.
- Take the ingredients give under “To Grind” and grind it to a fine powder.
- In pressure cooker, add the methi/fenugreek leaves, Dal, Chilies, Coconut, Ground Powder, Salt and 2 Cups of water. Pressure Cook for 4-5 whistles.
- When the pressure releases, churn it using the back of the laddle.
- Heat oil given under tempering, splutter mustard seeds, black gram dal, broken chilies, and hing. Saute till the dal turns brown and Pour it over the Kootu. Garnish with shredded ginger.
- Serve as an Rice Accompaniment
Love your lunch thali Priya. I wish I had that with me right now 🙂
wonderful thali
Spicy-Aroma
Very comforting and 'homey' thali..
We get rarely fresh greens here too, missing those days where we used to get directly from the street vendors..Thali makes me hungry..
okra is my all time fave veggie…need to try this fry!
Nice thali.. Love okra fry!
simple one & daily one as you explained.. well now its moved to the weekends right :).. even i miss different varieties of spinach.. i dono the names either 🙂
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Delicious thali…
okra is my fav vegetable, liked your platter
The fry and kootu are both my favorites :). Looks lovely.
Vardhini
CooksJoy
Simple yet comforting thali.Love the ladies finger fry
love bhindi or ladyfinger….awesome