Friday, November 21, 2008

LADIES FINGER FRIES/ VENDAIKAI VARUVAL

            This ladies finger/bhindi/okra/vendaikai  fries,it comes out very crispy,this is very easy and goes well as an accompaniment for rice and even we can eat as a snack! Ingredients and preparation is very simple!
crispy-okra-fries-pakoras

Ingredients:

Ladies finger 250 grams
Rice flour 3 tblsp
Corn flour 1  tblsp
Redchilli powder 1 tsp
Dhania powder 1/2 tsp
Turmeric 1/8  tsp
salt as needed
Oil For deep frying
 
 
okra-fries-pakoras

Method:

1.Clean the ladies finger with water and pat dry with kitchen towel,so that there's no water. Cut it into thin circles as shown below. 

DSC_0613

2.  Add all the other ingredients,except oil.

DSC_0614

3. Mix it thoroughly.If needed, sprinkle very little water,only say 1 tblsp.

DSC_0619

4.  Heat oil and add like sprinkling the mixture and fry in a medium flame.Turn in between to ensure even cooking.

DSC_0627

5. The ladies finger gets cooked with a sound in oil and when the sound ceases,and becomes light and crispy drain the fries to kitchen towel.

 
vendakkai-varuval

Notes:

  • My mom in law adds a tsp or 2 tsps of curd instead of water for binding the flour. It gives even more crispier fries.
  • If you are not adding enough water to bind the flour to the ladies finger, the fries will come out so white and wont turn golden while frying and it spoils the oil(the flour).
  • Adding more water also will turn the fries chewy. Do not add corn flour more too than mentioned.

26 Stars(comments):

Kitchen Flavours said...

Wow a new version of okra fry. Looks yummy. Adding corn flour is a nice idea to turn okra crisp.

Happy cook said...

I am not a fan of okra curry etc, but fried like this,that has to be delicious

Daily Meals said...

Wow Raks Kitchen! These crispy ladies finger pakoda looks very tempting.

Jaishree said...

Vendaikai varuval looks crisp n tempting.. nice pic:)

SriLekha said...

wow! i use to prepare this fry in a diferent way! but urs looks delicious and new to me! will try soon! join in the sweet event going in my blog!

Usha said...

This okra fry looks absolutely delicious and tempting....awesome pics...

Malar Gandhi said...

Awesome Okra Pakodi. Love it. crispy and fried...oh its so cold outside here...its so tempting!

Laavanya said...

That looks great Raks.. i've never made the deep-fried version of this... though my husband would love it.

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Fries are very crispy I have never tried cornflour... Congrats on all your awards...

Divya Vikram said...

Lovely fritters..perfect snack too..

Thenu said...

Hi,
since I dont have ur mail id, cant really reply to you on th eother question you asked about maths..please send me ur mail id thru my blogger comment and I wont publish it. :)
Your blog is so wonderful by the way!

Cham said...

Very crisp, my son should love if i make this deep fried version!

n33ma said...

Looks so fresh and crispy.

Uma said...

Wow, lovely fries! thanks for the yummy recipe. My bookmarked recipes are growing up!

Malar Gandhi said...

Raje, please take a look at my Plagiarism post and support me....I am devasted. I truly appreciate ur comment.

anudivya said...

Pretty! Never realized slimy okra could look so yummy!

anudivya said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
raaji said...

Nice fries raji....i loved themmmm..so crisp...

Gita's Kitchen said...

They look so crispy. I would love this with vathakozumbu :)

Yasmeen said...

crisy fried okra is making me hungry:)

vidhas said...

looks great. YOur step by step photos are simply superb

Uj said...

Okra fry looks yummy :)

Nags said...

can't believe I missed this post! I have one question though. When I fry okra, they tend to stick together a lot. Does that happen with this varuval?

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Nags, Just make sure that you add water very very little,these fries anyways don't stick much! :)

Kavitha Bhargav said...

Would be great with sambar and curd rice...

Vijayalakshmi said...

I never used to like OKRA, after seeing this hmm., want to eat it all

Post a Comment

Thankyou for visiting my space and leaving comments,your comments are really appreciated...

,

Related Posts with Thumbnails

back to top