Wednesday, August 20, 2008

BHINDI DO PYAZA

Cooking Time : 15 mins.
Preparation Time : 10 mins.
Serves 4.

Ingredients
3 cups bhindi (ladies finger), sliced
1½ cups onions, chopped
3 teaspoons cumin seeds (jeera)
1 teaspoon nigella seeds (kalonji)
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
3 teaspoons ginger paste
1 to 2 green chillies, chopped
¾ cup thick curds, whisked
3 tablespoons oil
salt to taste

Method
1. Heat the oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds and nigella seeds and allow the seeds to crackle.
2. Add the onions, turmeric powder, ginger paste and green chillies and cook till the onions are tender.
3. Add the bhindi and salt and cook over a medium flame till the bhindi is tender.
4. Add the whisked curds and cook till the curds dry out.
5. Serve hot with parathas or rotis.

Tips
Bhindi tends to get sticky while cooking. Do not cover the pan while cooking and the stickiness will dry out without the presence of steam.
Cook the bhindi over a slow flame for best results.

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