FLAVOURS

Bhindi Aloo in Green Masala

Bhindi or Ladyfinger is a popular vegetable with most communities and generally cooked cut into small pieces or fried. a delicious Bhindi preparation can also be made by cooking full bhindis stuffed with fresh green masala. this preparation goes well with rotis or even dal and rice.

Ingredients:

1. 250 gms Bhindis( Lady fingers)
2. 2 medium sized potatoes
3. 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
4. 1 small bunch of coriander leaves , washed and chopped
5. 8 to 10 flakes of garlic peeled
6. 1 inch piece chopped
7. 2 green chillies finely chopped
8. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
9. 1/2 tsp coriander powder
10. 1 medium sized tomato chopped into 1/2 inch size pieces
11. salt to taste
12. 3 tbps oil

Procedure:

Wash the bhindis, wipe them dry and cut off the heads and tips and slit each bhindi vertically , then keep aside. Peel the potatoes and cut into thick slices (four - five per potato)
Now grind coriander, onion, green chillies, garlic and ginger with a little salt in a grinder. Empty out the ground masala in a bowl. Fill a little bit green masala in the slit of each bhindi and keep aside. Likewise take two two slices of potato and fill in the green masala between them.
Heat oil in a thick kadai and put in the pairs potato slices and turn them around for 5 minutes on low flame till they are half cooked. Now put in the stuffed bhindis and turn around for a coupe of minute after adding corinder powder, turmeric and a little salt.
Finally add the chopped tomatoes and cover the kadai and cook on very low flame till the potatoes and bhindis are cooked. You can check by piercing a knife through one potato slice and one bhindi. if it goes in smoothly, the dish is cooked.
Turn off flame and serve in a flat serving dish. Garnish with coriander leaves.