Stuffed Okra/Koorina Bendakaya Koora

Ingredients for Stuffed Okra/Bendakaya/Vendakkai/Bhindi

Bendakaya/Bhindi/Lady's fingers (Tender) - 15 no
Onions - 3 no,finely chopped into small
Red chilli pwd - 2tspn
Mustard Seeds - ½ tspn
Turmeric pwd - a pinch
For stuffing
Roasted Peanuts - 1cup
Roasted Sesame seeds - ½ cup
Roasted Khuskhus/Gasagasalu - ½tspn
Roasted Dhaniya - 1 tspn
Roasted Dry Coconut pwd - 2 tspn
Salt to taste.
Oil - 2tbspn

Method

1.Wash and wipe the okra with a cloth and make a slit from the bottom to up of three sides of each Okra.

2.Grind the roasted Peanuts,Sesame seeds,Dhaniya,Khuskhus,Coconut into a fine powder.

3.Take a bowl and add all the ground spice powder,finely chopped Onions,turmeric pwd,salt,redchilli pwd by mixing all together with a 1tspn of oil.

4. Stuff all slitted Okra with this mix and kept the okras for a 15 - minutes aside.By keeping,it increases the flavour.

5. Heat oil in Kadai, add Mustard seeds,allow it to splutter and then Add stuffed Okra and stir for another 2 minutes.Add Oil and cook for another 3 minutes by covering with lid on medium flame.

6.Add the leftover(Onion ,ground pwd) mix and fry for 2 minutes until onions become translucent.

7.Sprinkle little water and stir and cook till Okra becomes tender and make sure to cook in low flame by covering with lid for another 8 minutes so that the color of okra changes to light dark green but stir in the middle to avoid sticking the masala to the kadai.

8.Serve Stuffed Okra /Koorina Bendakaya Koora with hot Steamed Rice.