I’m totally rejuvenated after a weeklong splendid trip to turkey. Just arrived today around noon and my body is dead tired but I’m determined to post today. I came home craving for something spicy after having Turkish food for a whole week. I picked up some vegetables from the Indian store on our way back home from the airport and decided to make a quick and simple Okra Stir Fry Or Bhindi Fry to have it with rice and Andhra spicy mango pickle. Can you imagine how heavenly it would taste?
So before moving on to the recipe……I’m so excited to share the magical experience we had in Turkey. The highlight of our trip was Pamukkale and Cappadocia, two attractions that blew my mind off.
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Pamukkale means cotton castle in Turkish. This is a magical place that commands fascination. It has limestone formations, which look like snow. The water filled in these limestone formations is warm in some areas. The view from these pools is amazing. From a distance it looks like an enormous iceberg. White mineral pools and blue warm water – amazing coexistence. The formations are so beautifully placed as to almost appear man made. Walking barefoot on these rocks full of water was the only painful episode but it was worth the pain. It is a novel experience to swim and bath in the hot water from the spring. The cascade of slowly brimming and overflowing pools is stunningly beautiful
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What can I say about Cappadocia, I had never seen a landscape like that anywhere before. It looked like something on the moon or out of Star Wars….just mind blowing!! To see the dramatic landscape of Cappadocia from the ground is unforgettable. But to see it from above, soaring among the coloured valleys, over the tip tops of the stone pillars, peeking into the pigeon holes and caves with snowy mountains in the distance, and seeing the sky cloaked with hot air balloons is nothing short of spectacular. The hot air balloon ride was the climax of our trip to turkey. It was a splendid experience. Hope to make a detailed post shortly with pictures!!
Back to the recipe, this simple shallow fried Okra Stir Fry Or Bhindi Fry complements any meal and can be served as an accompaniment to the main course. It has a dry and crispy texture. You just need a handful of ingredients to make this crunchy and delicious Okra Stir Fry Or Bhindi Fry. Let’s quickly move on to the recipe for Okra Stir Fry Or Bhindi Fry!!
Step-by-Step process in making Okra Stir Fry Or Bhindi Fry:
- This recipe works best with small sized tender okras. Wash and pat dry Okras with a kitchen tissue. Trim both the ends of okras.
- Chop okras into half an inch pieces.
- Roughly chop onions.
- Grab all the ingredients for the seasoning.
- Heat oil in a wide skillet over medium heat.
- Season it with the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and dry red chillies.
- Once the mustard seeds splutter, add okra pieces and stir occasionally.
- Once okra pieces turn slightly brown, add onions, yoghurt and curry leaves. (It may take about 5 to 8 minutes for browning.)
- Sauté for another 5 to 7 minutes and add red chilli powder and salt.
Stir for 5 more minutes or till you get the crunchy texture to the okra pieces. The spices should blend well into the okra pieces.
- Turn off the heat, garnish with coriander and serve Okra Stir Fry Or Bhindi Fry with roti, chapathi, paratha or along with rice and sambar or rasam.
Okra Stir Fry Or Bhindi Fry
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 dry red chillies
- 250 grams tender okra wash, dry, trim ends and chop into half inch pieces
- 1 medium sized onion roughly chopped
- 1 Tablespoon yoghurt
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Required salt
Instructions
- Heat oil in a wide skillet over medium heat. Season it with the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and dry red chillies.
- Once the mustard seeds splutter, add okra pieces and stir occasionally.
- Once the okra pieces turn slightly brown, add onions, yoghurt and curry leaves.
- Sauté for another 5 to 7 minutes and add red chilli powder and required salt.
- Stir for 5 more minutes or till you get the required crunchy texture to the okra pieces.
Notes
Feel free to adjust spice levels with chilli powder to suit your taste.
Always cook the okra uncovered. Any trace of water on okra makes it slimy.
Always cook okra on low-to-medium heat.
You might also want to try other vegetable stir fry recipes like Stuffed okra, Potato fry, Eggplant stir-fry, Arbi fry, etc…
Happy cooking🙂
padma
