Shrimp Okra Fry

 Okra fry and shrimp fry are super delicious dishes. This dish combines both of those and creates one yummy dry fry dish, to be served with white rice and dal.

Shrimp Okra Fry( Okra and shrimp fried with Indian spices)

Shrimp Okra Fry

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb medium or large shrimp peeled and deveined
2. 12 oz frozen okra thawed or fresh okra, ends discarded and cut into 1/2 inch rounds.
3. 1/2 cup red onion sliced
4. 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
5. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
6. 3/4 teaspoon salt
7. 1 teaspoon each of cumin powder, coriander powder, chilli powder
8. 1 tablespoon oil

In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions till they start turning dark brown. Add okra cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium heat. Add all the spices and ginger garlic paste and stir well and fry for 2 minutes. Move the okra to the edges of the pan and add the shrimp. Let them cook for a minute. Flip and cook for 1 more minutes. Stir to combine. Fry for 5 more minutes or until you are sure the shrimp are cooked through. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy with steamed rice and dal or any of your favorite rice recipes

Till ka khatta with Simple okra curry, okra fry

If you came here searching for "Till" or Sesame seeds recipe then you should also check out kaccha khatta . The kaccha khatta recipe is an amazing recipe and it is a staple in my house and this till ka khatta is an extension of it. I made a simple okra curry to go with it but I am also including my favorite okra fry recipe also.


 Simple okra curry (Okra stir fry with onions)

Okra curry

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb okra ends cut and cut into about 1 inch pieces
2. 1 medium small onion chopped
3. 1 green chilly chopped
4. 2 tablespoons plain yogurt
5. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, chilly powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric
6. 2-3 tablespoons oil

Mix the plain yogurt into the okra pieces and set aside for 30 minutes (This step will prevent the okra from getting slimy)
In a pan heat oil and fry the onions till tender. Add all the powders and fry for a couple of minutes and stir. Add okra and stir to combine. Cook covered for 20 minutes stirring occasionally until okra is cooked. Garnish with cilantro and serve with rice or roti


Till ka khatta (Sesame powder cooked in tamarind juice)

Till ka khatta

Ingredients:

1. 1 teaspoon sesame seeds dry roasted and powdered
2. 1 tablespoons oil
3. 1/4 cup chopped yellow onions
4. 1 green chilly chopped
5. 1/4 teaspoon cumin
6. 3 cups of juice from tamarind the size of small lemon
7. 1 tablespoon each of cilantro, mint chopped fine
8. 1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt
9. 2 red chillies broken
10. few curry leaves

Mix the sesame seed powder into onions, chilly pieces, cilantro and mint and add it to the tamarind juice and salt. In a pan heat oil and add cumin, red chilly and curry leaves and fry till they start to splutter. Add the tamarind water to it and bring to a boil and boil for 3-5 minutes. Cut the heat and cover and set aside. Serve after an hour or so for better taste


Simple Okra fry (Fried okra with cumin)

Okra fry

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb okra ends cut and cut into 1 inch pieces
2. 3 tablespoons oil
3. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, salt, chilly powder, turmeric
4. 1 teaspoon coriander powder

In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin for 3-4 minutes. Add okra, cover and cook for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Take care so as not to mash the okra. Add the rest of the ingredients stir and fry without covering for 10 minutes more. Garnish with cilantro and serve with with rice

Shrimp with Okra

Goan Shrimp with Okra(Shrimp with Okra in coconut gravy)

Goan Shrimp with okra

Ingredients:

1. 12-15 oz large shrimp
2. 12 oz frozen cut okra thawed
3. 1 medium onion ground to paste
4. 1 tomato chopped fine
5. 1 heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste
6. 1 cup desiccated coconut or 1 cup coconut milk + 1 tablespoon dried coconut
7. 1 heaped teaspoon coriander powder
8. 1 teaspoon each of cumin powder, turmeric
9. salt to taste
10. 1 chicken bouillon
11. 2 tablespoon oil
12. 1/2 cup thick juice from a mini golf ball sized tamarind

Marinate the shrimp with salt and  turmeric for 15-30 minutes.

If using only dried coconut, grind it to paste. 

Heat 1 tablespoon oil and fry the okra on medium high for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Heat 1 more tablespoon oil in a pan and fry the ground onions till golden brown. Add all spices and ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add tomatoes and cook for 6-7 minutes until the tomato gets all pulpy. Add shrimp and stir well. Cook for 5 minutes  Add coconut milk and tamarind juice along with the chicken bouillon and the okra and 1 cup water and simmer for 15 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and sliced green chillies and serve.

Seafood Gumbo

Gumbo at last... Aaaa how comforting it was I cant explain.

I have been wanted to taste gumbo forever but of course it has sausage in it and for us it's a no no 

But today I found chicken sausage with chicken casing. And I got a whole variety of seafood for the gumbo and yum yum yum... I can eat it for 3 days straight.

Seafood gumbo

Ingredients:

Bhindi Masala

Bhindi or Okra is one of my favorite vegetables. And when paired with tomato is becomes the most delicious of vegetable currys'.

This bhindi masala is very much similar to another okra recipe I made...Bhindi Do Pyaza but it is sooo different in taste. And I think I like this bhindi Masala a tad more than the other recipe. Try it

Bhindi Masala (Okra and Tomato Curry)

Bhindi Masala

Ingredients:

1. 12 oz pack of frozen pre cut okra thawed
2. 1 large or 2 medium tomatoes chopped
3. 1 medium small onion sliced thin
4. 1 tablespoons oil divided
5. 1/2 teaspoon cumin
6. 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)  ( for some reason this dish needs a bit more salt than usual to taste just right)
7. 1/2 teaspoon each , turmeric, coriander powder, chilly powder

Thaw the Okra on a kitchen towel so that it can soak up the excess water.

In a non stick pan heat half of the oil and fry the okra on medium high heat for 5-7 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Add the remaining oil to the pan and add the cumin and fry till they start to splutter. Add the onions and fry for 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add the salt, chilli powder and the spices and stir to combine. Add the okra back to the pan and cover and cook for 7-8 minutes. Uncover and fry further for few more minutes. Garnish with cilantro and stir to combine and serve with roti or rice

Okra with Tomatoes

Okra in Tamarind juice

Okra in tamarind juice 2

Stuffed Okra

Simple Okra Stir fry

Simple Okra Fry and Toor Dal with Vegetables

This is one of my all time favourite recipes because it is so easy and fast to make and delicious too. I was searching and searching for this recipe in my blog but looks like I forgot to write it
          You know sometimes you forget to log or blog those things which you do often.

This amazingly simple stirfry goes very well with Toor Dal with Vegetables 

Simple Okra Fry (Stir fried okra with spices)

Bhindi Fry

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb okra cut into ½ inch pieces
2. ½ teaspoon salt, chilly powder, turmeric, cumin
3. 1/2 teaspoon kalonji or onion seeds (optional)
4. 3 tablespoon oil
5. 1 tablespoon or more of peanut powder (recipe follows)

In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin for a couple of minutes. Add kaloonji if using and fry for a couple of more minutes. Add okra cover and cook for 10 minutes and stir occasionally. Add all the other ingredient stir to combine, cover and cook for 5-10 more minutes or until desired doneness if achived. Serve with Toor Dal with Vegetables

Toor Dal with Veggies

Peanut Powder (Roasted peanut powder with spices)

Peanut Powder

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup skinless peanuts
2. 1/2 teaspoon cumin
3. 2 dried red chillies
4. 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Dry roast all the ingredients one by one and let them cool. Grind to powder and store in a air tight container and in the refrigerator for longer shelf life

This powder can be used to enhance the taste of any fry or stirfry. And is always best to have on hand

Another Okra Fry Recipe