Stay fit with staple food: BHENDI/OKRA GREEN MASALA

There are many Delicious ways of cooking Okra.I tried this Green Bhindi Masala to pair with Rice Bhakri, and Maize Bhakri.this green Okra masala recipe, is a simple semi dry masala featuring fried Okra in a coconut onion base. Okra has a unique taste if cooked properly it melts in mouth and tastes like butter. and I don't like Okra cooked with unvarying taste of Garam masalas. Or sameness of Ginger Garlic paste, Instead I cooked it with goodness of Oil seeds like dry coconut and sesame. With just a few Ingredients and about 20 minutes Okra masala is ready on table. Your family members surely appreciate you and kids demand more.

How to make Okra less slimy

1.Select Okras of equal size not too tender or not too hard so that they cook evenly.

2.Wash and pat dry each okra completely without a trace of water/ or spread it on clean dining table or kitchen slab for 2 -3hours to dry./if it is a sunny day keep it in sun for an hour.

3.don't use wet utensils or mixer jar in Okra cooking.

4.grease oil to kadai /pans insides completely, let it absorb oil and then add oil for sautéing.

4.saute Okra with generous quantity of oil, saute frequently untill okra softens and shrinks in size.and stops releasing its glue.

5.For this recipe I cut Okra into 1 inch so that on sauteing seeds won't come out and make okras slimy.

Ingredients

1.Okras. 1"cuts 250gm

2.Dry coconut. 1table spoon

3.Oil. 2 table spoon

4.Onion. 1big lean cut

5.Garlic. 8 pods

6.Green chillies. 6

7.Sesame. 2 tea spoon

8.Coriander. leaves 1 bunch

9.Cumin . 1/2 tea spoon

10.Salt . to taste

Direction

1. Heat oil in pan add Cumins let them crackle.

2. Add onions+garlic+green chillies +sesame+dry coconut saute till onions turn translucent.

3. Let them cool a bit. Transfer them to blender blend coarsely adding coriander leaves and salt without water like thick chutney.

4.Grease oil to same kadai/pan inside thoroughly. Let the pan absorb oil and then add oil to saute Okras.Saute okras continuously for 8-10 minutes till they soften, edges become light brown and they shrink in size.