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Bhindi Stir fry is one of the easiest dish to prepare to go with chapati / roti. Perfect side dish to go with rice too.Adding peanuts gives a nice taste and crunchiness to the dish.  This recipe goes to the week 4, day 2  of BM 65 under the theme " One Vegetable different ways". Here goes the recipe..... Ingredients: Bhindi / Okra  1 lb   Peanuts 1/4 cup Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon  Red chili 2 Crushed garlic 1 spoon Curry leaves 6 Chana dal 1 spoon Turmeric powder 1/2 spoon Chili powder 3/4 spoon Salt to taste Oil 4- 5 tbsp  Preparation: Dry roast peanuts, remove skin  and keep aside. Wash bhindi / okra and pat dry.  Cut them into small pieces. In a wok / pan heat oil and add mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds crackle add cumin seeds, red chili, chana dal, curry leaves, crushed garlic. Saute for a minute, and add okra. Add turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and let it cook for 6 - 7 minutes on  medium flame. Now add...

Okra has always been my favorite vegetable. Most of them do not like Okra  because of it's stickiness. But there is a small technique,  just add little lime juice to the curry  and the stickiness will be disappeared.  Today we are starting with 4th week of BM 65 and my theme for the week is cooking " One Vegetable in Different ways". For next 3 days I will be posting Okra / Bhindi  recipes.  For day 1 am here with sweet and  sour gravy dish called Bhindi Ka Salan. You might have heard about Hyderabad famous dish Mirchi Ka Salan.   Its the same gravy as in Mirchi Ka salan but we will be adding Okra instead of Mirchi.  Source of this recipe is Vahrehvah.com . Here goes the recipe..... Ingredients: Bhindi / Okra / Bendakaya  15 Peanuts 1 tbsp Sesame seeds 1 tbsp Dry coconut powder 1 tbsp Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon Fenugreek seeds 1/4 spoon Tamarind juice 1/2 cup Jaggery 1  spoon Ginger garlic paste 1/2 spoon Chopped...

Many people do not like Okra for its stickiness. But its my fav veggi.  To remove the stickiness of okra, while cooking add little lime juice to the curry and mix well. Today I choose and item from  Hamari pasand from the restaurant India House Vegetarian Restaurant .So today's recipe is  Bhindi Do pyaza. Which means Okra cooked with sliced onions. To add little more taste we add tomatoes.  Here is the recipe.... We need: Bhindi / Okra  1 lb or 1/2 kg Onion 1 small Green chili 3 Mustard seeds 1/4 sp Cumin seeds 1/4 sp Haldi 1/4 sp Chili powder 1/2 sp Salt to taste Tomato 1 medium Garam masala 1/2 sp Oil 1/4cup Chopped cilantro 1/4 cup Method: Wash the okra and dry it with dry cloth or tissue. Cut each okra into 1 inch length. Heat 3sps oil  in pan and add okra. Fry till they are 1/2 cooked. Transfer to another plate and add rest of the oil to pan. Now add mustard seeds, cumin, and sliced onions. Fry for few minutes and add chopped tomato. Cook on medium fla...