Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Ladies finger pachadi

Ingredients:

Ladies finger- 300 grams
Small onions- 12
Tomato- 1
Curry leaves- a required amount
Green chilly- 2
Tamarind- size of lemon
Mustard seed- 1 tsp
Urud dhal- 1 tsp
Sambar powder-1/2 tsp
Coconut-1/4 cup
Cumin seed- 1 tsp
pepper- 1 tsp
Anise(sombu) - 1tsp
Oil- required amount
Salt to taste

Method:

1.Cut the ladies finger into small sizes.Then cut the onions, tomato.Cut the chilly in vertical direction.
2.Soak the tamarind in little water.
3.Grind the coconut, anise, cumin and pepper seed and make into a paste.
4.Now heat the oil, add mustard and urud dhal.When it start splitting add curry leaves, chilly and onions and saute for while.
5.Then add the tomatoes and stir well.Now add the ladies finger and fry for few minutes. Then add the tamarind juice, sambar powder and salt.
6.Allow them to boil for few minutes and add the paste and stir for few minutes.
7.Now Ladies finger pachadi is ready to taste.

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