Rasedar Bhindi Curry

Ingredient:
½ lb orka cut into 1 inch long
1 medium potato
2 big red tomatoes chopped
½ tbs amchoor powder
1 tbs sambar powder
1 medium size onion chopped
2 dry red chilli
1 clove garlic
1 inch ginger piece
½ tbs poppy seeds
½ tbs cumin seeds
¼ tbs turmeric powder
5-10 curry leaves
5-6 tbs oil
salt as per taste

Method:
1)Peel the potatoes and make ¼ inch long stripes and keep it aside.
2)Make a paste of poppy seeds, chopped onion, garlic, ginger, dry red chilli with few spoons of water.
3)Boil about 3 cups of water in a frying pan, add chopped potatoes and let it boil for about 5-7 minutes.
4)Add okra pieces, turmeric powder and boil for 2 minutes and then add chopped tomatoes and salt and let it boil for another 5-7 minutes till the okra boils.
5)Add sambar powder and stir it properly.
6)Heat oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds and allow it to finish popping and then add curry leaves and the onion/ginger/garlic paste and fry it in medium heat till the masala gets fry properly and raw smell goes away.
7)Add the boiled okra with potatoes and tomatoes, stir it properly. Add little more water as per your need of consistency and let it boil. Sprinkle amchoor powder on top of it and Rasedar Bhindi (okra) is ready to serve with your choice of Rice or Roti.

Spicy Stuffed Okra

Ingredients:
1 lb Bhindi/okra (washed and pat dry)
1 tbs besan powder
1 tbs roasted sesame seeds
½ tbs roasted poppy seeds
4 green chilli finely chopped
Salt as per taste
¼ tbs paprika powder
¼ tbs crushed black pepper
1 tbs cumin powder
1 tbs coriander powder
2-3 tbs yogurt
Oil to fry

Method:
1) Mix all the ingredient except oil and okra in a small bowl and make a nice paste use for stuffing, you can change the amount of spice as per your need.
2) Trim the Top and bottom end and slit in the middle (start from top to bottom).
3) With help of spoon stuff the paste in bhindi.
4) Microwave the stuffed bhindi for about 10 minutes.
5) Heat oil in a frying pan and cook the stuffed bhindi until tender, fry it for few more minutes if you want it to be crispy.
6) Spicy Stuffed Okra (Bharwa Bhindi) is ready to serve it with Rice or Roti.

Okra Blackeye Beans Curry

Ingredients:

Blackeye beans 1 lb frozen (thawed)
Okra ½ lb chopped into small pieces
Onion 2 medium chopped
1 cup pasta sauce (prefer any with herb and garlic)
½ tbs mustard seeds
½ inch ginger chopped
4-5 dry red chilli
Few black pepper
1 tbs curry powder
¼ tbs turmeric powder
salt to taste
cooking oil

Method:

1) Blend the curry powder, black pepper, dry red chilli, chopped ginger and 3 tbs of chopped onion into a smooth paste with few spoon of water.
2) Heat 5-6 tbs of oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds when it’s done popping add chopped onion and sprinkle a pinch of salt and fry for couple of minutes and add okra and fry for another 4-5 minutes.
3) Add masala paste, turmeric and fry it for another 4-5 minutes. Keep stirring in between to avoid it sticking to the bottom of the pan. Now add the thawed beans and stir it properly add 2 cups of hot water and let it boil.4) Add salt and paste sauce cover, stir cover the lid and let it cook for another 5-10 minutes and your okra beans curry is ready to serve with your choice of Roti or Rice.

Okra Dahi

Ingredient:
1 lb okra
2 tomato
½ cup yogurt
2 green chilli
1 tbs mustard seeds
3-4 garlic cloves
1 red chilli
Salt as per taste
3 tbs oil


Method:
My mom makes this Okta Dahi or Dahi Bhindi very tasty, she used to cook it most often and I loved it every time she made it. My mom always says most of the time it matters how you cut the vegetables. In this dish she prefer to cut the tomatoes into long stripes, and I feel that it does make difference.

1) Remove the top and tail from the okra and cut it into 1 inch pieces.
2) Grind the garlic, red chilli, mustard into a smooth paste with 2-3 spoon of water. Now add the yogurt into the same blender and blend it to a smooth paste.
3) Chopped the tomatoes and keep it aside. I prefer to cut the tomatoes into long stripes, that’s what my mom says.
4) Heat 2 tbs of oil in a frying pan and stir fry the okra pieces till these gets cook and then keep it aside. Do not add salt at this stage else the okra will lose it’s shape.
5)Heat 1 tbs of oil in a frying pan. Add chopped green chilli and chopped tomatoes and stir it and cover the lid and low the flame and let the tomato gets soft. It will take about 4-5 minutes in low to sim flame for the tomato to get soft and reduce the water content.
6)Stir the tomatoes and add about 3 cups of water and let it boil.
7)Add salt and okra pieces and let the okra get cook properly for about 5 minutes.
8)Slowly add the mustard, yogurt paste to the frying pan and keep stirring. Now let it cook for another 5 minutes and your Dahi Bhindi is ready to serve with Rice.

Simple Bhindi Fry

Ingredient
1 lb okra
1 large red onion sliced
1 tbs mirchi powder
1/2 tbs turmeric
1/2 tbs mustard seeds
2 tbs oil
salt as per taste

Method:
1.Wash the oakra and cut in half, if it's long then again cut fromthe middle.
2.Take heavy skillet or frying pan and heat the oil and mustard seeds and allow it to splutter
3.Add the onion ,cut oakra, salt and turmeric powder stir it properly.
4.Fry it in low flame and check that it should not stick to the bottom of the pan by stirring it in between.
5.Let it fry for about 5-7 minutes and add the mirch powder and stir and it's ready.6.You can serve with rice or roti.