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Recipe Type | Veg Side Dish/Kerala/India |
Cooking and Preparation Time | 30 to 45 Minutes |
Serve to | 2 to 3 |
Ingredients For Okra/Ladies Finger/Vendakka Pepper Fry Kerala (Indian) Style
Ingredient | Quantity | Notes |
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Okra/vendakka/Ladies Finger | 20 to 25 Numbers | Choose young and tender |
Coconut Oil/Any Veg Oil | 2 tablespoon | |
Mustard seeds | ½ Teaspoon | |
Onion/Savola | 1 Big | Sliced Thinly |
Curry leaves | 1 Sprig | |
Crushed Black Pepper | 1 to 1 ½ Tablespoon | Adjust as per your taste |
Salt | As per your taste |
Method For Okra/Ladies Finger/Vendakka Pepper Fry Kerala (Indian) Style
• Wash and dry okra/ladies finger using a towel or kitchen tissue. Make sure that okra’s are completely dry otherwise it becomes mushy during cooking.
• Cut okra thinly and length wise.
• Heat oil in a frying pan, pop mustard. Add onion and curry leaves, fry until light brown.
• Add okra/ladies finger. Sauté and fry next 2 to 3 minutes.
• Cover and cook 1 minute.
• Uncover, sprinkle pepper power.
• Add salt to taste.
• Mix well, close and cook next 2 minutes in medium heat.
• Uncover the pan, spread out the okra’s in the pan and fry until it looks very dry in texture or light brown in color.
• Serve with boiled rice or chappathi, enjoy 🙂
Choose young and tender okara/ladies finger for this recipe.
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
I love okra in any form and this okra pepper fry looks and sounds so yummy.
beena says
Simple delicious fry. Love it
Sundari says
I love okra in any form!! Your version is very nice!!