Friday, September 5, 2008

Bendakaya Charu / Okra Rasam





Preparation :-

  • Chop 5-6 small okras into round pieces . Chop 1small onion and 1 small tomato.

  • Soak blue berry size tamarind in sufficient water for 15 mins . Extract its juice .

  • Take a bowl add tamarind extract , chopped okras , onion and tomato . Add 1 tumbler water ( 1 tumbler = 250 gms rice quantity should fit in it) , pinch of turmeric , marble size jaggery , 1 tspn salt , 1 strig of curry leaves , 2 strigs of coriander leaves and 1 tspn ofrasam powder. Mix all nicely.

  • Now put this bowl on stove and boil it nicely till bhendi becomes soft. ( it takes nearly 20 mins)

  • In another pan we need to do thadka for that add 2tspns oil . when it is heated add 1/4 tspn urad dal , 1 dry red chilly , 2 crushed garlic pods , 1/4 tspn cumin seeds , 1/4 tspn mustard seeds , add pinch of fenugreek powder , sprinkle little hing and add 2 strigs of curry leaves.

  • After a min add this seasoning to rasam. Mix it and serve hot.

  • This goes good with rice.

1 Comment:

  1. Sandhani said...
    Hey I tried this recipe and it turned out really well.

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