Friday, October 1, 2010

VENDAKKAI CURRY / LADIES FINGER CURRY

           Vendakkai AKA Okra/bhendi is one of the veggie I love to eat,especially this recipe I learnt from my MIL is so yummy with sambhar rice! She in turn got special tips for this recipe from my FIL ;)
Vendakkai Curry

Ingredients

Ladies finger/vendaikai 20 –25 nos.
Onion 1  nos
Tomato 2 nos
Sambhar powder 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/4 tsp
Salt As needed
Sesame oil 3 tblsp
To Temper
Oil 1 tsp
Mustard 3/4 tsp
Ulutham paruppu/Urad dal 1 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig

 

Vendakkai Curry with sambar and rice

Method:

  1. Wash and pat dry the ladies finger and cut into desired bite size pieces.
    Cut ladiesfingers
  2. Chop the onion and tomatoes finely and set aside.
  3. Heat a pan with the sesame oil and fry the cut ladies finger in medium flame stirring now and then until the ladies finger starts turning brown here and there and the viscous nature of it goes away. Keep aside.
    Fried
  4. Heat oil  for tempering and splutter the mustard,add urad dal and the curry leaves. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent.
    temper,fry  onion
  5. Add the chopped tomatoes and add required salt,fry till the tomatoes turn mushy.
    fry tomato till mushy
  6. Add the fried ladies finger,sambhar powder and turmeric powder and mix well.
    Add ladies finger
  7. Sprinkle some 2 tblsps of water and mix well and cook covered in medium low flame for 5-8 minutes.
    cook covered
  8. Stir in between for even cooking. Fry in high flame at last to take out excess water if any.
    cooked
            Transfer to the serving bowl and enjoy as accompaniment for rice!
            Vendaikai curry
            Notes:
            • Choose young ladies finger while buying(if you break the tail part,it should break crisp)
            • If the ladies finger is very old,big and have so much of seeds in it,its not young and it will break while you cook and wont be tasty.

            45 Stars(comments):

            Hari Chandana said...

            Woww.. this is my fav curry.. very tempting snaps dear.. thanks for sharing !!

            Sharmilee! :) said...

            Wow my fav veggie too...mine is same version but minus sesame oil plus we add jeera....rest are the same...looks so yummy. I luv it with both rotis and rice

            Gayu said...

            Okra is my favorite veggie and the curry looks super-delicious..I prepare it almost the same way and love the taste after the addition of sambar powder..

            Hamaree Rasoi said...

            Ladies Finger Curry looks so colorful & yummy. Loved the recipe.Very different method.Would try it out very soon.

            Deepa
            Hamaree Rasoi

            Shabitha Karthikeyan said...

            I love this version. When we get bored of the usual okra fry I make this one. Looks so good Raji !!

            Hema said...

            Raks lovely pic as usual.. This is the exact same way I too prepare it.. Though yours look more tempting.. Lovely combo! My all time fav sambar rice and okra poriyal

            Indie.Tea said...

            It looks delicious....

            Suja Sugathan said...

            My favorite veggie..nice recipe,looks delicious

            Mahi said...

            I never add tomato in vendaikkai poriyal..looks yumm!! will try next time.

            Sayantani said...

            thats a new curry to me. will try your version looks so tangy and tasty.

            DEESHA said...

            This is my fave .. absolutely love it

            Smitha said...

            Thats yummy for my tummy!..love bendi anytime!

            divya said...

            looks yummy....

            Pushpa said...

            Awesome vendakkai curry,a great combo with hot sambar rice..yummy

            Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

            Santosh Bangar said...

            LOOKS DEIOUS AND TASY THIS DIFFERENT RECIPE NEW IDEA MUT TRY
            DO VISIT MY BLOG

            Padma said...

            Love vendakkai and this looks lovely and very tempting..Nice click.

            Swathi said...

            Nice okra curry Raji. I need to try .

            Satya said...

            vendakkai is my favorite veggie too ...this curry looks superb ....love it

            Satya
            http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

            NIDHYA said...

            Curry looks mouthwatering...mmm mmm mmm good..

            http://aaha-oho.blogspot.com/

            aipi said...

            i love the way you have cut the okras..so uniform in size :)
            It is our family fav too..will try your version!

            US Masala

            jeyashrisuresh said...

            adding onion and tomato to vendakkai curry is totally new to me, never tried this version.
            Looks very awesome with beautiful clicks and will try this soon

            notyet100 said...

            curry looks yum.,..

            Pavithra Srihari said...

            as always .. wonderful clicks ... love this simple curry as well .. i am there anytime for okra :)

            Shanthi said...

            Colourful and fantastic. Would like to grab it from the plate

            Sushma Mallya said...

            Nice and easy recipe, and looks good too...

            Roshan said...

            i like the intro....i am also a fan of Okra.... nice recipe....

            Chitra said...

            Very new to me.I always do the saute method.. will surely try this tomorrow :) Thnx !!

            Priya said...

            Irresistible curry, my fav anytime..

            Pavithra said...

            This is my fav veggie and i too make this ..love this so so much .. wish I am there to relish raji made sambar and vendakkai curry.

            Akila said...

            my all time favorite....

            kothiyavunu.com said...

            Anything with okra..just love it..ur curry looks so tasty!

            Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

            Love the mouth watering pic.

            lissie said...

            this okra curry is just perfect for rice or rotis! looks really good..

            Jay said...

            As usual I m drooling over it...yummy..yummmmm...:)

            Tasty Appetite

            Mano Saminathan said...

            A very nice recipe! Beautiful snap!

            Laavanya said...

            I used to make this exactly like this and was my favorite.. unfortunately my husband likes it dry so don't make this often.

            Jagruti જાગૃતિ said...

            looks so yummm...never made with sambar powder...!

            Rachana said...

            A mouthwatering okra curry. Would love to have with rotis.

            Sarah Naveen said...

            My Fav curry!! nice clicks..looks so mouthwatering!!

            belesaaru said...

            Very very tempting! Ladies finger is my favorite vegetable. would love to this recipe.

            Cham said...

            My fav veggie and I thought I will post the recipe tomor... But I have a different okra! Pict looks delicious!

            women-wisdom.com said...

            delicious Okra and neat presentation. Beautiful clicks.

            Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran,
            http://indianyummykitchen.blogspot.com

            Kalyans said...

            uh hooo...that looks tempting...ladys finger is one of my fav vegetables. We prepare one ladys finger dish with mostly poppy seeds and other items without any gravy and this one looks quite similar to it...nice clicks too!

            Premalatha Aravindhan said...

            Vendakai curry luks very tempting,aishu's fav...will try this method next time.

            Janu said...

            Tried this for lunch today. Was sooooo tasty!!! Loved this version :)

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