Ingredients:
Bendakayalu/Okra -2 cups
Oil - 2 tbsp
Onions -1 chopped
Tomato -1 chopped
Green chillies - 3
Garlic - 4 cloves
Tamarind - a small lemon size
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
dry red chillies -3
Curry leaves - few
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Urad dal -1 tbsp
Water -3/4 cup
Method:
1) Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker and add Green chillies, Onions and fry well till onions become transparent
2) Add salt, Okra and fry well for 5 minutes
3) Add tomato and mix well and fry for another 5 minutes
4) Add tamarind and a 3/4 cup of water, mix well ,close the lid and wait for 2 whistles
5) Let the pressure out and open the lid and mash the okra mixture with pappu guthi and transfer the mixture to a bowl
6) In a small pan add 1 tbsp oil and once heated add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and red chillies and fry well till urad dal become golden brown
7) Pour the tadka on to okra mixture and mix well and serve hot with rice
Ingredients:
Pandu mirapakayalu/ Ripen red chillies - 20
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds -2 tbsp
Coriander seeds- 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 2 tbsp
Channa dal - 1 tbsp
Urad dal -1 tbsp
Tamarind - a small lemon size
Oils -2 tbsp
Curry leaves - few
Hing - a pinch
Method:
1) Wash red chillies and dry them on a paper towel
2) Remove the stems of the red chillies
3) Make a slit on each red chilli so that they will not pop when frying
4) Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add red chillies and fry with lid covered
5) Toss them every 2 minutes and once they are tender add mustard seeds, cumin seeds ,coriander seeds and tamarind to the pan and mix them well and let them fry for another 3 minutes
6) Transfer the fried ingredients to the mixer and grind them coarsely
7) Transfer the mixture to a bowl and keep aside
8) In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, channa dal,urad dal and hing and fry well ad pour the mixture on top of the chilli mixture and mix well
9) Serve with rice
