Dahi Bhindi (Yogurt Okra)

Ingredients:

Okra – 200gms

Yogurt – 4 cups

Green chillies – 2

Curry leaves – 4-5 leaves

Cilantro – few sprigs

Sesame seeds – 4 tsp

Peanut – ½ cup

Asafetida – 1 tsp

Sugar – 1 tsp

Ghee – 4 tsp

Jeera – 2 tsp

Mustard seeds – 2 tsp

Salt to taste

How to make it:

-       Heat ghee in a deep pan

-       Wash, drain and wipe the bhindi to dry

-       Cut the bhindi in 1inch length

-       Put the bhindi in the ghee and fry it till it is cooked well

-       Take out the cooked bhindi and let it cool

-       In the heated ghee, put in Jeera, mustard, curry leaves, asafetida. Once they splutter, put in split chilly and fry for a min. Let it cool

-       Dry roast sesame seeds and peanut. Allow to cool and powder it

-       Beat the yogurt to smooth

-       Add salt, sugar and chopped cilantro and mix well

-       Add the bhindi, sesame-peanut powder and the tadka into the spiced yogurt and mix well. Serve with chapati or any rice.