Bendekaya Vepudu

Name: Bendekaya Vepudu
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 green cardamom pods; 2¼ pounds (1 kg) okra; 1 quart (800 ml) vegetable oil; 6 to 8 whole black peppercorns; 4 dried red chiles, stemmed and broken in half; 1 teaspoon table salt; 4 or 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 2 teaspoons roasted cumin seeds; 4 or 5 whole cloves; 1-inch (2½-cm) cinnamon stick

Deep-fried okra with spices

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

One vegetable my two girls love is okra, which we call bhindi in Hindi. This is one of the dishes they often demand.

Ingredients

2¼ pounds (1 kg) okra
1 quart (800

Asia
India
Starter
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Wash and drain the okra. Pat dry with a kitchen towel. Trim off the two ends and cut the okra into ½-inch (1-cm) pieces.
Place a nonstick sauté pan over medium heat and ad