Okra Fry / Vendakkai Varuval

INGREDIENTS:

Okra/Ladies finger - Vendakkai - 1/4 kg

Tomato 1 - finely chopped

Mustard - Kadugu - 1 tea spoon

Cumin seeds - J

eeragam - 1 tea spoon

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Red chilly powder - Kaintha milagai thul - 1 tablespoon

Corriander powder - Dhania thul - 2 table spoons

Turmeric powder - Manjal thul - 1/2 tea spoon

Curry leaves- 1 or 2 sprigs

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

METHOD:

Wash and cut okra and keep other ingredients ready.

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the okra till they are brown and keep it aside,it will make the okra non sticky.

Now,Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add mustard, when it pops up, add curry leaves,urad dal,cumin seeds,tomatos and fry it for 5 minutes.Now add already fried okra. Fry for a minute. Now add red chilly powder, corrinader powder and little salt. Fry well. If required add oil in between.

This goes well with Curd rice.

Note: Use fresh vegetables and if the tail of the vegetable is sharp and easily breakable it can be selected. otherwise it`s not a good quality okras.