Bendi Fry- Bende Kayi Palya Recipe
Bendi, Bende Kayi is one of favorite vegetable in my family. Any dish prepared with this vegetable is loved by all. I very often use Bende kayi/Ladies finger/Okra in Sambar, palya, kayirasa, pakora and sasami preparation. Going forward I do post recipes for all these form of bendi. Today let us see how to prepare Bendi fry/bende kayi palya in Udupi style.
Bendi fry-Bende kayi palya Ingredients
- Bendi/ladies finger-25 to 30 numbers
- Tamarind- Small gooseberry size
- Jaggery- 1 tbsp
- Grated coconut- handful
- Red chillies (byadagi)- 2 nos
- Salt to taste
For seasoning
Mustard seeds- 1 tbsp
Urad dal- 1/2 tbsp
Red chilly broken- 1
Curry leaves- 1 strand
Oil- 4 tbsp
Serves
2 to 3 adults
Preparation
- Wash the bendi/ladies finger and wipe it with dry cloth. This step is very important to avoid stickiness of Bendi. Cut them in to pieces of size shown below.
- Soak tamarind in warm water for 15 minutes. Extract it's juice of 4 to 5 tbsp and discard the pulp.
- Grind coconut, red chillies and mustard seeds coarsely in a mixer without adding water. This coconut masala is one that makes palya of unique taste.
Method
- Heat a pan/Kadai, add seasoning ingredients oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, broken red chilly and curry leaves one by one.
- When mustard seeds start spluttering and urad dal turns to brown, add pieces of bendi/okra/ladies finger.
- Saute it well. The ladies finger pieces should be soft and stickiness should disappear completely. This step may take around 10-15 minutes.
- Now add jaggery, tamarind extract and salt. Add little water if needed. Let it cook for few minutes with lid closed.
- At last add ground coconut masala and stir well for 2 to 3 minutes. Switch off the flame. Now bendi fry/bende kayi palya is ready to be served. This can be a good accompaniment with chapati and rice.
Note:
- Ladies finger/bendi should be fried very well in the seasoning so that it remains soft and crunchy.
- Instead of coconut masala mentioned above, you can grind coconut with udupi rasam powder as a variation. It tastes good as well.
Other Palya/stir fry recipes:
Bittergourd palya
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Meet you all with one more interesting Udupi recipe. Till then bye. Take care.
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