"Vendaikkai Mandi"

"Vendaikkai Mandi"

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About this Food!

"Vendaikkai(Lady's Finger) Mandi" , is a traditional South Indian dish vareity made with the combination of lady's finger and tamarind juice, the flavor of tamaraind juice when mixed with the lady's finger gives out a wonderful sour taste and juicy consistency.

Best side dish with curd rice , dhal rice and chappati.

"Vendaikkai Mandi"

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Vendaikkai(Lady's Finger) - 150 gm

2. Onions (big) - 1 no

3. Ripe Tomato - 1 no 

4. Tamarind juice - 2 tblspn

5. Green chilly - 2 nos or to your taste

6. Salt & Oil  -To your taste

7. Mustard seeds , Bengal Gram(Ulunthum paruppu ) - 1/4 tsp each

8. Curry leaves - 4-5 nos

9. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

10. Sugar or jaggery - 1 pinch


Method

1. Wash the lady's fingers and cut into small pieces and keep it ready.

2. Now in a frying pan add 2-3 tblspn of oil and when oil is heated up add mustard seeds , ulunthum paruppu , curry leaves and saute.

3. Then add chopped onions , turmeric powder and green chillies and cook till raw smell of onions goes off and now add chopped lady's finger  and chopped tomatoes to the pan and nicely cook for 5-7 mins and finally add salt a pinch  of sugar or jaggery  and tamarind juice to the pan and cook for 10 mins in medium flame with the lid of the pan being closed.

4.Finish your cooking and serve hot.

Note: Use non-stick pan while doing this dish or else if you use regular pan , you should be careful that the contents do not get stick to the frying pan and you should periodically stir the dish while cooking.

Try it and you will Love it!

Happy Foodie!!!