Bendi fry or Okra fry

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 750gms okras chopped
• 7 tbps of oil
• 10 cashew nuts chopped
• 1 tbp urad dal
• ½ tbp of cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon of mustard seeds
• 4 garlic pods chopped
• 2 dry red chillies
• 2 big onions finely chopped
• 5-6 curry leaves
• ½ tbp of red chilli pwd
• ½ tbp of turmeric pwd
• Salt to taste

Method:
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add cashew nuts, urad dal and once they start to turn brown add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, once they start to pop up little add garlic fry for about 2 mins. Add curry leaves and dry red chillies.
• Now add onions and fry for about 2mins. Add chopped okras and keep frying it now and then.
• Once they are cooked add salt, turmeric pwd and chilli pwd and fry for about 2mins.
• Serve hot with rice.

Tip:
• After washing okras dry properly so that when you chop them they will not be sticky.
• Don’t fry them continuously. Fry them once in a while. This prevents sticking.