Monday 16 November 2009

Spicy okra, bean and lentil stew

Ingredients
150 ml oil
2-3 whole red chillies
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp black gram (urad dal/lentils)
50 gm madras onions peeled
150 gm onions chopped
30 gm green chillies, slit
1 1/2 tsp garlic, chopped
1 sprig curry leaves, fried
1/2 tumeric powder
75 gm tomatoes, chopped
500 gm okra (lady fingers)
100 gm tamarind pulp
250 gm dry beans boiled
100 gm split yellow lentils (chor dal), boiled
salt to taste

Method
Heat oil in kadhai (pot), add red chillies, mustard seeds and split black gram (lentils). Add all onions, green chillies, garlic and a few curry leaves and saute.

Add tumeric powder and tomatoes and cook until tomatoes are soft. Add okra and tamarind pulp and reduce the gravy. Add the bioled boiled beans and cook for some time. Then add yellow lentils and adjust the seasoning. \

Serve with garnish of fried curry leaves and wholewheat balls.




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