bhindi tambuli recipe | bhindi raita recipe | okra raita

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 5 minutes
  • Total time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2 Servings
  • Category: side
  • Cuisine: south indian

Ingredients

  • 5 - 6 medium sized okra / bhindi
  • 1 cup yogurt / curd
  • salt as required
  • 2 tbsp oil

seasoning:

  • 1 tsp ghee / coconut oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • pinch asafoetida/hing
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 - 2 red chilli

Method

  1. rinse the bhindi / okra in water well if it is too dirty. and wipe the bhindi off. else it will be sticky when you chop.
  2. chop them into thin slices and keep aside. make sure there isn't trace of water on your chopping board or on knife.
  3. heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and fry till they turn crispy and golden brown.
  4. stir occasionally so as to uniformly fry. drain the fried bhindi on tissue paper.
  5. now whisk the curd. make sure you have taken thick curd and it is not sour.
  6. time to prepare tempering; heat the ghee add in mustard seeds, hing, cumin seeds and red chilli. fry till they splutter.
  7. pour the tempering over whisked curd.
  8. add in fried okras over the raita. serve bhindi raita immediately with plain rice or with dal -rice, veg pulao, bisi bele bath.

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.