Lunch/Dinner - Veg Starters - Lady Finger Tadka

Lady Finger Tadka

Ingredients Quantity Lady Finger 1/4 kg Masala Maida/All Purpose Flour 1 Cup Corn Flour 1/2 Cup Green Chillis, sliced 2 Ginger Garlic Paste 1 tsp Salt To Taste Tampering Oil 1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds 1 tsp Urad dal 1 tsp Mustered Seeds 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves 5

Method :

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1. Wash and half slit the bhendi.
2. Add all "Masala" ingredients in a bowl. Add water little by little and mix well with a whisk and make a thick batter. The batter should easily coat the bhendi, not too thick.
3. Heat oil in kadai. Dip and coat the bhendi and drop carefully in hot oil. Fry them both sides until golden brown. Adjust the heat now and then to avaoid fuming of oil Also using the ladle keep pouring the hot oil over the bhendi's as its getting cooked to make it puff nicely. Drain in paper towels.

Tips :

1. The batter should be in correct consistency so that it spreads over the vazhakkai easily and forms a thin layer. If the coating is too thick, i.e; if the batter is too thick, it will take time to cook and the bajjis inside will not get cooked.
2. Mix the batter and keep it ready, once the oil is hot, you can add a laddle full of hot oil carefully in the batter and mix. This is to avoid sucking of oil in the bhendi.
3. Use small bhendi's tastes much better.