Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu. Vendakkai Kara Kulambu/Kuzhambu is a simple & delicious curry prepared in South Indian Household using Bhindi/Okra. Vendakkai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe Chettinad style with coconut. Add a teaspoon of oil to a pan (preferably non-stick) and add in the ladies finger.
Okra is known as Vendakkai in Tamil and Bhindi in Hindi.
Home grown lady's finger gets cooked quickly and also tastes very delicious.
I harvested some vendakkai from my kitchen garden and.
You can have Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu
- Prepare 300 g of ladies finger.
- You need 2 tbspn of oil.
- Prepare 1 of onion (chopped).
- It's 1 of tomato (chopped).
- Prepare 1 of green chilli (slit).
- Prepare 10 cloves of garlic.
- It's of Tempering.
- It's 5 tbspn of gingely oil.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of fenugreek seeds.
- You need 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of urad dal.
- Prepare 2 of spring curry leaves.
- Prepare of To grind.
- You need 1 of big onion.
- Prepare 2 of tomato.
- It's 1 tsp of cumin/jeera seeds.
- You need of Spices.
- It's 1 tbspn of red chilli powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder.
- It's 2 tsp of coriander powder.
- It's 2 tsp of mixed masala powder/ kuzhambu podi.
- Prepare of To soak.
- You need of Lemon size tamarind.
- Prepare 2 cups of water.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Jaggery.
Vendakkai AKA Okra/ bhendi is one of the veggie I love to eat,especially this recipe I learnt from my MIL is so yummy with sambar rice. She in turn got special tips for this recipe from my FIL 😉. That is to fry ladies finger in generous oil and the masala has to be roasted. Bendakaya Pulusu Recipe - Andhra Style Ladies Finger In Tamarind Gravy.
Okra/Ladiesfinger/Vendaka Kara kulzhambu instructions
- Soak tamarind in water. Take the ingredients to grind in a blender and make a paste..
- Heat 2 tbspn oil in a pan, add ladiesfinger and roast for 5 minutes. Keep aside..
- In the same pan heat gingely oil, add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and urad dal..
- After mustard cracks add garlic, green chilli,curry leaves and onion. Saute till golden brown..
- Next add tomatoes and stir till it's mushy and then add the ground paste. Saute till raw smell disappears..
- Now add all the spices: turmeric, red chilli, coriander and mixed masala powders. Saute till oil separates from the sides..
- Extract the tamarind pulp strain and add to the kulzhambu. Add salt, cover and cook for 10 minutes..
- When it starts boiling add the ladies finger. Boil for 5 minutes and finally add jaggery. Mix well..
Bendakaya Pulusu is an Andhra Style tangy and spicy tamarind based gravy prepared with ladies finger/okra. Vendakkai / ladies finger sambar is one of my all time favorites. I have already posted some other easy sambar recipes - radish sambar, pumpkin sambar and vendhaya keerai sambar, check them out too. Ladies finger is quite expensive here and not available. Vendakkai is ladies finger or the okra in Tamil.