Vendaikai Coconut Poriyal
Course: PoriyalCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: EasyServings
4
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
15
minutesA poriyal made with vendaikai (okra)
Ingredients
Vendaikai (Okra)- 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
Directions
- 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.
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:-
Hi Raina,
Thank you for visiting my site and your comments.
Hi Kamala,
Really nice, admired to cook once i seen this image.
Thanks!
-Gobi
Thank you Gopi.
thanks a lot….It was nice..
Tried it today and came out well.
Great. Richa’s favourite.
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.
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.
Thank you very much for your quick response