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ladies finger poriyal recipe/vendakai poriyal

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Total Time 25 minutes
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Ladies finger/okra/vendakai - 1/2 kg
  • Small onions - 3/4 cup chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • Chilli powder - 1tbsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1tsp
  • Coconut scrapings - 3 tbsp
  • Oil - 2 tbsp

Method
 

  1. Wash the vegetable thoroughly with water and wipe it without any wetness.
  2. Chop it and keep ready.
  3. Keep a kadai heat with oil add mustard seeds.
  4. When it splutters add onions and saute for few minutes.
  5. Add the vegetable and stir it nicely.
  6. Add salt and now the vegetable will be sticky.
  7. Continue to stir till all the stickiness is gone.
  8. Now add chilli powder and stir for few more minutes till the rawness of chilli is gone.
  9. Now switch off the stove and add grated coconut and give a final stir.

Notes

Use a heavy bottomed kadai for this as it will stick to the bottom and get burned easily.Should be always near the stove while preparing this ladies finger poriyal recipe/vendakai poriyal.Wash the vegetable thoroughly with water and wipe it without any wetness before cutting the vegetable.If the vegetable is wet then vendakai poriyal will become gooey and soggy.