Bhindi (Lady Finger) fry

• Servings: 2
• Preparation time: 5-6 minutes.
• Frying time: 10 minutes.
• Total time: 16 minutes. 

Bhindi fry is very delicious veggie  and still low in calories…my son is very big fan of “Bhindi Fry”; he likes bhindi along with “ Toovar Dal” and hot ghee smeared Chapati and as per him “nothing can beat this simple Indian meal”…

Ingredients:

• Bhindi (lady finger): 250gm
• Garlic: 1 teaspoon (paste)
• Aniseed powder: 1teaspoon
• Chilli powder: half teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Coriander powder: one and half teaspoon
• Thymol seed/ajwain: half teaspoon
• Mustard Oil/any cooking oil: 2 tablespoon
• Salt: half teaspoon (as per taste)
• Green chilli: 2-3 no.
• Coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon(chopped)

Preparation:

1. Clean and wash bhindi.  Dry them with kitchen towel.
2. Trim the both ends of bhindi, and cut into one inch pieces.

Method:

1. Heat oil in a fry pan, add ajwain; sputter for few seconds, add garlic paste.
2. Stir fry for few seconds; add bhindi, sauté on high flame.
3. Fry until bhindi is half done, (About 5-7 minutes)
4. Add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and aniseed powder.
5. Continue to fry for couple of minutes or till bhindi is done; “Bhindi fry” is ready.
6. Garnish with chopped green chilli and coriander leaf.

Note:

1. Don’t over cook as the bhindi will get mushy.
2. Don’t cover the pan.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Bhindi (lady finger) is ready to serve.

Bhindi (Lady Finger) fry by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.