Vendaikai (Ladies Finger/Okra) Poriyal

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Ingredients

  • Vendaikai – 10 to 15 Nos
  • Onion – 1
  • Coconut gratings – 2 tablespoons
  • Sambar Powder – 1 teaspoon
  • Turmeric Powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  • Oil – 1 tablespoon
  • Mustard – 1/2 teaspoon
  • Urad Dhal – 1 teaspoon
  • Asafotida Powder – a pinch
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Salt – 1/2 teaspoon or as per taste

Wash and wipe the vendaikai with a paper towel. Cut it into small rounds. Chop the onion finely.
In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up, add urad dhal and fry till it turns light brown. Add asafotida powder and curry leaves along with chopped onion. Fry till the onion turns brown. Add vendaikai pieces and stir fry on low flame till its stickiness disappears. Add sambar powder, turmeric and salt and stir well. Finally add coconut gratings and mix it. Keep it on low flame stirring now and then for three to five minutes.
Remove and serve with hot sambar sadam.
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14 Comments

  1. Raina
    June 11, 2010 at 11:25 pm  ·  Reply

    Hi Kamala!!

    Thanx for sharing the South Indian recipes, its just the way done at my home… after a long time have found something of my taste and desire…
    I feel like I've achieved something:-

  2. Kamala
    June 13, 2010 at 11:49 am  ·  Reply

    Hi Raina,

    Thank you for visiting my site and your comments.

  3. gobi
    October 9, 2010 at 12:42 pm  ·  Reply

    Hi Kamala,

    Really nice, admired to cook once i seen this image.
    Thanks!

    -Gobi

  4. Kamala
    October 10, 2010 at 2:24 am  ·  Reply

    Thank you Gopi.

  5. Anonymous
    August 15, 2011 at 3:47 pm  ·  Reply

    thanks a lot….It was nice..

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  8. Aby
    October 22, 2011 at 9:00 pm  ·  Reply

    Tried it today and came out well.

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  10. Vibha
    June 27, 2012 at 4:39 am  ·  Reply

    Hi Kamala

    Every time I cook okra, I end up with a unappetising sticky curry. But your recipe turned out very well and tasty, Not slimy at all !!I don’t know what is the secret.
    My Mum makes a basic dry okra fry without any onions, with just turmeric, red chilli powder and salt. I never seemed to get it nice and dry, always slimy. Would you kindly try it and post the recipe please?
    Thanks a lot for your site.

    • Kamala
      June 27, 2012 at 10:13 am  ·  Reply

      Thank you Vibha for your feed back. Some variety of okra is more sticky. To remove the stickiness, we can add a tablespoon of curd or little lemon juice while frying the okra. Also adding a teaspoon of sugar will remove the stickiness. I will soon post a simple curry without onion.

  11. Vibha
    June 27, 2012 at 11:47 am  ·  Reply

    Thank you very much for your quick response

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