Prakash K. Sivanathan, Niranjala M. Ellawala

Bandakka Kari

Name: Bandakka Kari
Yield: Serves 4, as a side dish
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 400 g (14 oz) okra; ½ tsp ground turmeric; ½ tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp ground cumin; ¼ tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp fenugreek seeds; ½ tsp mustard seeds; 2 tbsp oil; ½ tsp cumin seeds; 2 green chillies, deseeded and roughly sliced; 2.5 cm (1-inch) piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 8 fresh curry leaves; 100 ml (3½ fl oz/7 tbsp) water; 1 medium tomato, medium diced; 2.5 cm (1-inch) cinnamon stick; 1 medium red onion, finely chopped; juice of ½ lime; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) coconut milk

Preparation info

Serves
4
, as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sri Lanka

By Prakash K. Sivanathan and Niranjala M. Ellawala

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

400 g (14 oz) okra
½ tsp ground turmeric

Asia
Sri Lanka
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Wash the okra before chopping them, so the cut pieces don’t get slimy. Then, chop off the hard stem at the bottom of the vegetable and the top 1.5 cm (½ inch). Cut them into pieces about 1.5cm (½ inch) lon