Venkakka Kichadi (Okra/Ladies Finger)

Name: Venkakka Kichadi (Okra/Ladies Finger)
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 3-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 Cup Yogurt Curd /; 1/2 Kilogram Okra Lady ' s Finger / / Vendakka; 1 1/4 Teaspoons Turmeric powder; 1 1/2 Teaspoons chilly Red powder; 1 Pinch Cumin Seeds Jeera /; 1 Pinch Asafoetida (Kaayam); Salt; 2 Tablespoons Oil

Preetha Soumyan @cook_7800219

India

A side dish for Kerala Sadya

Preetha Soumyan @cook_7800219

India

A side dish for Kerala Sadya

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Ingredients

15 mins

3-serving

1 CupYogurt Curd /
1/2 KilogramOkra Lady ' s Finger / / Vendakka
1 1/4 TeaspoonsTurmeric powder
1 1/2 Teaspoonschilly Red powder
1 PinchCumin Seeds Jeera /
1 PinchAsafoetida (Kaayam)
Salt
2 TablespoonsOil

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Steps

15 mins

1

Wash and pat dry Lady's Finger /Okra /Vendakka. Cut the top end of each one and slice into uniformly round pieces.
2

In a bowl mix turmeric, red chilly powder and salt with a teaspoon of water and make a paste of it.
3

Add the cut lady's finger /okra /vendakka pieces into the bowl and mix well with a spoon, so that the masala gets well coated.
4

Heat a non-stick frying pan/ kadai, with oil. Fry the masala coated okra/vendakka on a medium flame.(Do not burn it).
5

When the okra/vendakka is fried, lower the flame and add jeera/cumin seeds. Off the flame and add asafoetida to it. Mix well. Keep aside to cool.
6

Take yogurt/curd in a serving bowl and mix with enough salt. When the okra/vendakka is cooled, add this to curd.
7

Serve with hot steamed rice.