Vendaikai Mor Kuzhambu
- 01
- July
- 2007
Ingredients:Okra/Lady’s finger 250 grams (fresh / frozen)
Yogurts 4 cups
Salt
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Oil few spoons.
Wet Grind these to a Thick Paste:
Pepper 1-2 spoons
Green chilies 5
Thoor dal 1 cup
Tomato 1
Ginger 3-4 inch size. peeled.
Garlic 4 -5 cloves
For Tempering:
Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/4 spoon
Urad dal 1/4 spoon
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Dry red chilies 3
Curry leaves few
Oil few spoons
Oil for shallow frying.
Method:
Wash and clean okras. Pat dry them. Trim their ends off. Chop them into bite-size pieces.
Heat oil, in a shallow pan. Fry few okras till crisp and dark. They should not be mushy or sticky anymore. Leave over kitchen tissues for a while. Repeat the same for remaining okras too.
Heat a deep heavy bottomed vessel. Add oil and these wet ground paste to it. Fry them till they loose their raw smell.
3.Further add asafoetida, salt, turmeric and yogurts. Mix them well. Let them come to 1-2 boil.
Now stir-in fried okras and bring it to boil as well.
In a separate pan, heat oil. Add mustard, cumin, asafoetida, red chilies, pepper and curry leaves. Fry for a while…till they pop and splutter. Now run this seasoning over the gravy made above.
Serve warm along with plain steam cooked rice.
i do this often, but with two variations
1. i use ajwain seeds (omam) with this
2. i take a microwave safe bowl, add okra to it. spray oil and apply turmeric, chilli, salt to it and cook in microwave for 20min
Wow ajwain in mor-kuzhambu…interesting. Instead of frying…baking is also gud idea. Probably will try this way next time.
yeah ajwain in mor kozhambu will make it even better. i do it all the time.
Dear bujji,
Mor kuzhambu very nice da. Vendaka vathal or green one. Vathal is very suitable to this kuzambu. Colour is ok. dad
Dear bujji,
Mor kuzhambu very nice and colour also very good. But vendakai vathal or green one? If vathal is ok. dad
Hei Daddy,
Welcome aboard! Its fresh vendaikkai…I deep fried them to get that color! Thanks a lot for stopping by!