Ladies Finger / Okra Mandi

  Ladies finger /  Okra  Mandi:

Ingredients:

·        Lady’s finger / okra – 250 g

·        Onion shallots – 10 chopped

·        Garlic – 7 sliced

·        Green chilli – 6 chopped

·        Tamarind paste – ¼ spn

·        Rice flour – 3 spn

·        Water – 2 cup

·        Salt as needed

For seasoning:

·        Oil – 2 spn

·        Mustard seeds – ½ spn

·        Urad dal – ½ spn

Preparation :

·        Wash and chop the ladies finger into small sized pieces.

·        Mix rice flour in ½ cup of water and make a fine paste without any lumps.

·        Mix tamarind paste in ½ cup of water and extract the juice.

Method :

·        Heat oil in a pan, add the seasoning one by one.

·        Then add the chopped onion and sauté till they turn pink.

·        Then add the sliced garlic and chopped chillis and sauté for few secs.

·        Then add the chopped okra and sauté for 5 mins.

·        Next add tamarind juice and salt and covered cook till  raw smell goes off.

·        Then add the rice flour water and one cup of water and cook till the mandi becomes little thickens. Done!

                                        

Okra mandi is ready.. serve hot with steamed rice .. J