Bhindi Bharwa (Stuffed Ladyfinger)

• Servings: 2-3
• Preparation time: 20 minutes.
• Frying  bhindi time: 10 minutes.
• Frying stuffing masala time: 10 minutes
• Stuffing time: 5 minutes.
• Total time: 45 minutes.

The first sight of this “Bharwan Bhindi” delights one’s heart and fill with joy. It is popular north Indian recipes; which is cooked  in many ways. I uploaded as “Bharwan Bhindi without onion and garlic”.

Today what I am going to  upload is especially the Punjabi  family  recipe; basic  ingredients of stuffing is onions and tomatoes with few spices, may be served in lunch boxes with Chapatis or Paratha.

Cook…Eat…Enjoy…

Ingredients:

• Bhindi (lady finger): 250 gm
• Onion: 2 no.(Medium)
• Tomato: 1 no. (Medium)
• Ginger: 1 inch piece
• Garlic: 6 flakes
• Fennel seed powder: 1 teaspoon
• Chilli powder: half teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Coriander powder: half teaspoon
• Garam masala powder:  half teaspoon
• Thymol seed/ ajwain: half teaspoon
• Oil: 5 tablespoon
• Salt: 1 teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Clean and wash bhindi.  Dry them with kitchen towel.
2. Trim the both ends of bhindi, and carefully make slit on one side. (Longitudinally)
3. Grind onion, tomato, garlic and ginger together up to fine paste.

Method :

1. Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in a fry pan; add bhindi in it, and saute on high flame, stir fry until bhindi is done,(About 5-7 minutes).  Keep aside.

Stuffing masala:

1. Heat 3 tablespoon oil in fry pan; add ajwain, when it turns brown, add ground onion, tomato, garlic and ginger paste. Fry till the paste dries up. (About 5-6 minutes).
2. Add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and fennel seed powder. Fry 1-2 minutes and add Garam masala powder. Keep aside cool.
3. Stuff this masala into the fried Bhindi with the help of spoon.

   

   

Stuff bhindi is ready to serve.

Bhindi Bharwa (Stuffed Ladyfinger) by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.