Bendekaya Vepudu

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

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
Side dish
Starter
Vegan
Gluten-free

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