Friday, August 23, 2013

BHINDI FRIED WITH CURD (LADY’S FINGER FRY IN CURD)

 THIS BHINDI FRY HAS COME OUT OF SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS. MOM AND DAD BOTH TRIED SEVERAL WAYS OF MAKING BHINDI FRY AND FINALLY STUCK TO THIS METHOD WHICH IS YUMMY!!... 

IN THIS PREPARATION BHINDI GETS FRIED AND WILL NOT SPLIT INTO SMALL PIECES.THIS METHOD RETAINS THE SOFTNESS AND GIVES A CRUNCHY TEXTURE TOO……



















INGREDIENTS

LADY’S FINGER (BHINDI)
SOUR CURD (KHATTA DAHI)

    #MASALA#


MUSTARD SEEDS - TURMERIC - GARLIC CLOVES - FENUE GREEK - SPRING ONIONS - SALT - RED CHILI POWDER - CORIANDER - FENUE GREEK LEAVES

THE MAKING ….

TAKE 1 KG FRESH BHINDI & CUT THE BHINDI INTO 3 PIECES

TAKE A BOWL AND ADD SOUR CURD AND ADD TURMERIC, SALT AND RED CHILLI POWDER

LIGHT UP A STOVE, MIX THE BHINDI PIECES WITH CURD AND BOIL IT FOR 3 MIN. (CLOSE THE BOWL WITH A PLATE ON TOP OF IT)

REMOVE THE PLATE AND LET THE BHINDI BOIL UNTIL THE CURD IS SOAKED INTO BHINDI PIECES.

TAKE A SEPARATE PAN & ADD 1/4 KG OIL TO IT (1/4 KG OIL FOR 1 KG BHINDI)

ADD #MASALA# AND FRY IT FOR A MINUTE...

ADD CUT PIECES OF SPRING ONIONS AND 7 -8 GARLIC CLOVES

ONCE THE GARLIC CLOVES ATTAIN LIGHT BROWN COLOUR POUR BOILED BHINDI AND MIX IT WITHOUT USING A SPOON (USAGE OF SPOON MAY SPLIT BHINDI INTO PIECES AND IT WILL SPOIL THE PREPARATION)

FRY THE MIXTURE FOR 5 - 6 MIN AND ADD CORIANDER POWDER 

LET THE FRY ABSORB THE SMELL OF CORIANDER FOR 3 MIN AND CURRY IS READY TO EAT....



SORAKAYA BILLAVAKKA- SARVA PINDI


Sorakaya Billavakka ( Sarva Pindi)  

Sarva Pindi is a telangana special dish and a best evening snacker. This can be made with Wheat Flour or Rice Flour.  My mother makes this with grated Bottle Gourd. This Smacker is popular among all my cousins  

Ingredients
Rice Powder
Bottle Gourd




Masala  Salt -Red chili powder - Sesame - Coriander - Spring Onion -  Fenugreek Leaves - Green Chili


Making of Sarvapindi…….

Take a fresh bottle gourd and grate it



Cut green chili into small pieces and keep them separately.


Cur spring onions into small pieces.

Take one cup of rice flour and add one and half cup water.



Add Salt, Red Chili Powder, Sesame, green chili, spring onion and mix it. ( it should be a #paste# )



Take a pan and apply two spoons of oil to the pan with a cotton cloth.

Now, heat the pan for 2 Min and add the paste(Paste must be spread across the pan like Pizza)

Make 3 to 4 holes to the base and add oil to it….

Close the pan with a plate on top of it and wait for 5 min……


Take out the Billavakka and fry it on the other side….


Sarva pindi( Billa Vakka ) is ready to eat