Spiced Tender Chopped Bindi

Name: Spiced Tender Chopped Bindi
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon minced garlic or garlic mashed to a paste; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, whole or ground; ½ teaspoon turmeric; ½ teaspoon ground coriander; ½ teaspoon black mustard seeds; 3 tablespoons raw sesame oil or vegetable oil; ½ cup finely chopped onion; ½ pound okra (2 cups trimmed and chopped); ½ teaspoon garam masala (or store-bought); 1 green cayenne chile, minced; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon minced ginger or ginger mashed to a paste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Mangoes & Curry Leaves

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 2005

About

Bindi is the Hindi name for “okra.” In South Asia, okra is rarely cooked in water. Instead it is deep-fried or fried in a spiced oil–based sauce. This dish is a rather magical transformation of dull green okra into nuggets of flavor, with no sliminess, just good bite.

In Udaipur we stayed at the Jagat Niwas Hotel, family owned and very pleasant, right by the lake and just beside the imposing palace of the maharaja of Udaipur. The food at the restaurant tended to the elaborate