Ingredients:
8-10 vendakka / okra / ladies finger
1/2 cup toor dal
1 big onion, sliced
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 1/4 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
1/2 tsp asafoetida
small lemon sized tamarind
salt to taste
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
3 dry red chillies
2 tbsp coconut oil
2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
Preparation:
- Cut the okra into 1-1 1/2 inch pieces and keep it aside. Soak tamarind in little water and squeeze out its extract and keep it aside.
- Wash the toor dal and cook it in a pressure cooker adding sliced onion, turmeric powder, salt and enough water.
- Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and add chopped okra, tomatoes, chilli powder, asafoetida, tamarind extract and salt and mix well and cook well till done.
- Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add fenugreek seeds, dry red chillies and curry leaves and fry.
- Add this to the curry and chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Serve with rice…
