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Bhindi Salan

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 20 Bhindi
  • ½ cup Onion chopped
  • ¼ cup Peanuts
  • ¼ cup Dry Coconut/ Desiccated Coconut grated
  • 2 tbsp Sesame Seeds
  • ½ inch Ginger
  • 3 Garlic Clove
  • 4 Green Chilli
  • ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
  • ½ tsp Fenugreek Seeds
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • 2 tsp Coriander Powder
  • 6 tbsp Tamarind Water
  • 1 tsp Jaggery
  • Water
  • Salt
  • Oil

Instructions
 

  • Wash okra/ Bhindi in water. Cut the crown and dry them thoroughly. Heat kadai or wok at medium low heat and add 1 tbsp of oil and add bhindis. Stir them nicely and cover them.
  • Cook them till they are almost half done and do not forget to stir them few times in between.
  • Once Bhindis are half done take them out in a bowl and in the same pan add onions and saute till onions become little soft.
  • Now add peanuts and roast them till they become slightly brown in color then stir in dry or fresh grated coconut and saute till coconut also become slightly brown.
  • Now add sesame seeds and stir till sesame seeds also get some color. Now switch off the heat and add ginger, garlic and one green chilly in this mixture.
  • Let this mixture cool down then add half cup of water and grind it to a paste. In the same wok at medium heat pour about 3 tbsp of oil and add cumin and methi seeds.
  • Stir them well and add ground paste. Mix everything, cover and cook till mixture loses oil. Stir it couple of times in between.
  • When mixture starts losing oil add green chillies, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, coriander powder and salt. Mix everything.
  • Now add tamarind juice, jaggery and ½ cup of water, cover and cook gravy for 5 minutes.
  • After 5 minutes add roasted okra/ Bhindi, stir nicely, cover and cook till bhindis are cooked completely.
  • It may take 8-10 minutes. Make sure to stir the salan after every 2-3 minutes. After 10 minutes switch off the heat and Bhindi ka salan is ready to serve.

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