Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, venkakka kichadi (okra/ladies finger). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lady's finger fried and cooked in spicy coconut and yogurt based gravy. It's an easy to prepare and a yummy side dish which goes well with rice. Lady's Finger / Vendakka kichadi is one of the must side dishes for Kerala Sadhya which is popular during festivals Onam and Vishu.
Venkakka Kichadi (Okra/Ladies Finger) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Venkakka Kichadi (Okra/Ladies Finger) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook venkakka kichadi (okra/ladies finger) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Venkakka Kichadi (Okra/Ladies Finger):
- Get 1 Cup Yogurt Curd /
- Take 1/2 Kilogram Okra Lady ' s Finger / / Vendakka
- Get 1 1/4 Teaspoons Turmeric powder
- Prepare 1 1/2 Teaspoons chilly Red powder
- Take 1 Pinch Cumin Seeds Jeera /
- Get 1 Pinch Asafoetida (Kaayam)
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready 2 Tablespoons Oil
Pachadi and Kichadi is a side dish made from different vegetables like ginger, cucumber, pineapple, lady's finger, bitter gourd or ginger. Only yogurt is in used in kichadi with vegetables Vendakka / Ladies Finger (AKA Okra) is a good source of Vitamin B, K, Potassium, etc. Vendakka helps to prevent the diseases like anemia, cholesterol, cancer, asthma, diabetes and also good for bones. Pachadi and kichadi is an essential side dish at any Kerala sadya such as Onam Sadya.
Steps to make Venkakka Kichadi (Okra/Ladies Finger):
- Wash and pat dry Lady's Finger /Okra /Vendakka. Cut the top end of each one and slice into uniformly round pieces.
- In a bowl mix turmeric, red chilly powder and salt with a teaspoon of water and make a paste of it.
- Add the cut lady's finger /okra /vendakka pieces into the bowl and mix well with a spoon, so that the masala gets well coated.
- Heat a non-stick frying pan/ kadai, with oil. Fry the masala coated okra/vendakka on a medium flame.(Do not burn it).
- When the okra/vendakka is fried, lower the flame and add jeera/cumin seeds. Off the flame and add asafoetida to it. Mix well. Keep aside to cool.
- Take yogurt/curd in a serving bowl and mix with enough salt. When the okra/vendakka is cooled, add this to curd.
- Serve with hot steamed rice.
Chop the ladies finger into small sizes as shown. Take a pan and pour enough oil and fry the chopped ladies finger until it starts turning brown and slightly crisp. Drain it and keep it aside. To this add Okra (Lady's Finger), curry leaves and salt. Pachadi is an essential side dish at any Kerala Sadya (Grand feast), whether it is a wedding or a religious holiday or a birthday.
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