easy bhindi curry recipe | shahi bhindi masala gravy | shahi bhindi sabzi
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: curry
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
for onion tomato paste:
- 1 onion (roughly chopped)
- 2 to mato (roughly chopped)
- 3 clove garlic
- 1 inch ginger
- 10 whole cashew / kaju
- 5 badam / almonds
- 2 cup water
other ingredients:
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- 10 okra / bhindi (chopped)
- 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
- 2 cloves / lavang
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup curd / yogurt (whisked)
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp cream
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves (crushed)
Method
- firstly, prepare onion tomato paste.
- now heat kadai with 2 tbsp oil and saute 10 okra.
- further heat 2 tbsp oil and saute spices till they turn aromatic.
- now add in prepared onion tomato paste and saute for a minute.
- cover and simmer for 10 minutes or till onion paste gets cooked completely.
- add in ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp coriander powder, ¼ tsp cumin powder and 1 tsp salt. saute on low flame.
- further add ¼ cup curd keeping the flame on low and stir continuously.
- also add 1 cup of water and mix well.
- now add fried bhindi and give a mix.
- boil for 2 minutes or till bhindi absorbs masala.
- add in 2 tbsp cream, ¼ tsp garam masala and 1 tsp kasuri methi. mix well.
- finally, serve shahi bhindi masala with roti or paratha.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.