Its time to blog now and today’s recipe is a simple lady’s finger curry where tender lady’s fingers are cooked in dahi (curds). It’s a recipe from Sanjeev Kapoor’s Low Fat Vegetarian Cookbook, simple to make, tasty, low in calories and goes well both with steamed white rice and chapatis. 1 Peel the ginger and make a paste of pepper corns and ginger. Keep aside. Whisk the curds and keep aside. 2 Heat oil in a cooking vessel and add the dry red chilli and cumin seeds and stir fry till the aromas come out. 3 Add the green chillis, coriander pwd, turmeric pwd, besan and stir well for a few seconds. Don’t burn it. 4 Add the trimmed and cut lady’s fingers (which have been stir fried in a tbsp of oil for 3-4 mts) and salt and cook over medium heat stirring frequently for 4-5 mts. 5 Stir in the ginger-pepper corn paste. 6 Reduce flame and add the whisked curds and mix well and cook covered for 12-15 mts stirring occasionally or till the okra is cooked and you get the desired curry consistency. 6 Serve hot with white steamed rice or chapatis. Recipe source: Sanjeev Kapoor’s Low Fat Vegetarian Cookbook Prep & Cooking: 30 mts Serves 3-4 persons Cuisine: North Indian . ½ inch ginger piece ¼ tsp pepper corns 1 tbsp oil 1 dry red chilli (tear into two pieces) 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 green chillis slit lengthwise 1 tsp coriander pwd pinch of turmeric pwd or haldi 1 tbsp besan (bengal gram flour) dry roast the flour stirring constantly till it gives a roasted aroma 1 cup curds (made from skimmed milk) salt to taste
Cut each okra into two pieces if they are long. I usually heat a tsp of oil in a pan and fry the trimmed okras for 3-4 mts stirring continuously, before adding to the spices.
