Bhindi with Sesame Seeds Paste or Tilottoma Bhindi

Name: Bhindi with Sesame Seeds Paste or Tilottoma Bhindi
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 gms bhindi; 1 medium tomato; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 5-6 cashewnuts; 1/2 tsp salt or as needed; 1 tsp sugar or as per taste; 2-3 green chillies; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp kalonji, fennel and fenugreek seeds; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tsp ghee; 1/4 cup water

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Bhindi with Sesame Seeds Paste is a flavourful, nutty, savory okra dish.It is often prepared as a dry sabzi or a rich gravy with or without onion and as a side with roti or dal and rice in lunch or dinner. Here it is made without onion and adding a paste of sesame seeds, green chillies and few cashewnuts gives a silky smooth texture to the dish.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

20 minutes

3 servings

300 gmsbhindi
1medium tomato
2 tbspsesame seeds
5-6cashewnuts
1/2 tspsalt or as needed
1 tspsugar or as per taste
2-3green chillies
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1/4 tspkalonji, fennel and fenugreek seeds
2 tbspmustard oil
1 tspghee
1/4 cupwater

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Steps

20 minutes

1

First wash Bhindi or okra and pat dry.Cut the tips and tail and chop into three pieces.Soak sesame seeds for 10 minutes and make a paste of it with few cashewnuts and 2 green chillies adding 3-4 tbsp water.Deseed and chop tomato into cubes.
2

Heat oil in a wok and sprinkle kalonji (nigella), saunf (fennel), methi (fenugreek) seeds.When they splutter, add bhindi after smearing 1/4 tsp salt.Reduce heat and fry bhindi in medium flame till light golden brown. Add chopped tomato and stir fry for 2 minutes. Add little turmeric, red chilli powder, salt and sugar to taste.Next add sesame cashewnuts and green chilli paste and fry 5 minutes till oil leaves sides.
3

Add 2-3 tbsp water and cook 2-3 minutes till bhindi is properly cooked.Fry till masala is dry and coats bhindi.
4

Drizzle 1 tsp ghee and serve hot with dal and rice or roti in lunch or dinner.