Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, vendakka theeyal (okra/ladies finger in roasted coconut). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Kerala Style Vendakka/Ladies Finger Theeyal/How to make Theeyal. Vendakka Theeyal, Okra Theeyal, Ladies Finger Theeyal. Vendakka Theeyal is a great vegetarian curried dish, made from a lip-smacking spiced and roasted coconut paste.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have vendakka theeyal (okra/ladies finger in roasted coconut) using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Vendakka Theeyal (Okra/Ladies finger in roasted coconut):
- Prepare 20 nos ladies finger Vendakka / -
- Prepare 2 nos Tomato -
- Take 1 Onion -
- Prepare 2 Green chillies (optional) -
- Prepare 2 Curry leaves - strings
- Prepare 1 tablespoon Tamarind gooseberry tamarind - a small size / pulp -
- Get 1 teaspoon Chilli powder -
- Make ready 2 teaspoons Coriander powder -
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder -
- Prepare as required Salt -
- Make ready 2 cups water -
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cooking oil -
- Get 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil -
- Get 4 tablespoons coconut Grated -
- Prepare 4 nos shallots - / 1/2
- Take 1 curry leaves - string
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cooking oil -
Add sliced lady's finger into the pan. Make sure that okra is not overcrowded in the pan. Fry on medium high flame until. I had never heard of the word 'Okra' until I came to the US.
Steps to make Vendakka Theeyal (Okra/Ladies finger in roasted coconut):
- Wash ladies fingers and cut into 1 inch pieces.
- Cut onion tomatoes and slit green chillies
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pan then add grated coconut, shallots/onion and curry leaves and fry till coconut becomes golden brown in colour.
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in the same pan or another then add onion, green chillies and ladies fingers and fry till onions become translucent.
- Add chilli, coriander and turmeric powder and saute for a minute.
- Add tomato and tamarind pulp mix well and fry for 1 - 2 minutes.
- Add water and salt mix well then close the lid and allow to cook ladies fingers.
- Grind the roasted coconut mixture to a smooth paste by adding enough water.
- Now add this paste in to the curry and mix well. If the curry is too thick then add a little more water, bring it to boil then switch off the flame. Then sprinkle some coconut oil and curry leaves.
In India we referred to it (lovingly I guess!) as 'lady's finger'. Many folks dislike okra because of the sticky, slimy feel. Another favorite of mine is 'Vendakka curry' where it is sautéed with onions, tomatoes and spices and cooked in coconut milk. Vendakka thoran / Okra stir fry. Trim the edges of each of them and cut them in to about half a cm wide rounds.
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