Friday, October 2, 2009

Bhindi Masala

Ingredients:
500 gms/1.10 lb okra/bhindi
3 onions, chopped long thinly
5 green Chillies
1 inch ginger
10 flakes garlic
4 tomatoes ripe red
2 tsp mango powder
3 tbsp Oil
3 tsp garam Masala
2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp Coriander powder
Salt as required
coriander leaves

Method:
1. Half grind garlic, ginger, chillies, coriander leaves, check it do not grind to paste.
2. Add salt, little oil, coriander powder, mango powder, garam masala and turmeric powder in to the mixture and keep it aside.
3. Slit the bhindis from the center and cut potatoes in round shapes and make deep cuts on them.
4. Now fill bhindis with all the prepared mixture and on the potatoes.
5. Heat oil in a wide pan add onions, stir and then slide bhindis and potatoes gently in the pan.
6. Stir it gently so that the masala does not come out. Keep it on slow fire and cover it with lid, let it cook till the bhindis have become dark green in color and almost cooked.
Now add finely chopped tomatoes. Again cover it with the lid and cook it on slow fire till the tomatoes almost disappear.
Serve with hot chappatis/phulkas

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