Wondering what side dish to prepare for today? Try this amazingly simple recipe with fresh curd and ladies fingers. Of course like always, cooking is also a creative process, so bring in your own twist, you could also try using different vegetables to suit your palate.
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| VENDAKKAI PACCHADI - OKRA RAITA |
Ingredients:
- 150 gms of ladies fingers/ Okra (About 10 -12 small sized)
- 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds/ kadugu
- 1 tsp of uluntham paruppu/ urad dal
- Pinch of perungayam/ asafoetida
- 1/2 tsp Ginger paste
- 6 tbsp of oil
- 1 tbsp of chopped coriander
- 6 - 7 curry leaves
- 2 -3 dried red chillis (Guntur Milagai preferred)
- 1 1/2 cup of fresh curd
- Salt as needed
Method:
- Rinse the ladies fingers/ Okra and pat dry. Dice them to thin bits.
- Heat 5 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the ladies finger till the stickiness goes away. We need to get some crunch into them.
- Transfer them into a colander and set aside.
- Pour the curd in the serving bowl and season with salt as per taste and mix well till smooth.
- Toss the crunchy ladies fingers into the curd and stir them in gently.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a small pan/ karandi/tadka pan, to this add mustard seeds and uluntham paruppu/ urad dal. Wait till it splutters and turns gold.
- Now add dried red chillis, curry leaves, ginger paste and asafoetida.
- Toss this to the curd and mix gently.
- Garnish with coriander and enjoy it with what ever your heart desires - Plain rice, chappatis, parathas, pooris, bread toast, bisi bele bath....
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