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

Bhindi khatta

This Sour Okra Gravy is my mother-in-laws recipe and it is quite different from what my mother used to make . But this tastes, dare I say, better than what my mom used to make. The trick is in simmering it to become thick and till the oil floats.
Today I served it with white rice and Shrimp fry

Bhindi Khatta (Okra in sour tamarind gravy)

Bhindi Khatta

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 lb okra ends snipped and cut into 1-11/2 inch pieces
2. 2 tablespoons oil divided
3. 1/2 up finely chopped red onions
4. 1-11/2 cup thick juice of tamarind the size of a small lemon
5. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal
6. 1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt, chilly powder, turmeric
7. few curry leaves
8. 2 dried red chillies broken

In a pressure cooker add a tablespoon of oil and fry the okra till they start becoming brown. Drain and set aside.

Add the remaining oil and add cumin, urad dal and mustard seeds and fry till they splutter. Add curry leaves and dried red chillies. Add the onions and fry till they start chaning color. Add the okra and salt, chilly powder, turmeric and stir. Add tamarind juice and close the cooker and cook on medium high for one whistle. After the steam has escaped open the cooker and simmer the khatta till oil floats. Enjoy with hot white rice

Mooli Moong Dal

I have so many recipes I haven't blogged about and the back log is increasing by the day. I seriously need to spend more time with my laptop.

Anyway today I made Bhindi Do Pyaza and Mooli Moong Dal

Mooli Moong Dal (Split yellow grams with Daikon)

Mooli Moong Dal

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup yellow Moong dal dry roasted
2. 2-3 cups white radish or daikon chopped
3. 2 teaspoons oil
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, turmeric
5. 2 dried red chilies broken
6. few curry leaves
7. 1 teaspoon salt
8. 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
9. 1/4 cup chopped onion
10. 2 garlic pods chopped
11. 1/4 teaspoon hing

In a pressure cooker cook the dal along with chopped radish and turmeric for 3-5 whistles. Let it cool and open the cooker and mash the dal. Add salt and chili powder.

In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin and mustard seeds for 1 minute. Add broken chilies and curry leaves and fry for one more minute. Add onions and fry till they become brown. Add the garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add hing and fry for 30 more minutes. Add this tempering to the mashed dal along with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for 5 minutes. garnish with cilantro and enjoy with hot rice and Okra with Onions and Tomato

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