Saturday, July 28, 2007

Lady's Finger Kichadi

Another typical Kerala dish...

Ingredients:
3.5 cup Lady's finger pieces
2 cup Thick Curd from 1/2 litre milk
2 Green chillies
3 Dry Red chillies
1 dsp Mustard
Half cupGrated coconut
2 springs Curry leaves
2 tsp Oil
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation:
Slice the ladies finger in small round pieces. Fry lady's finger in oil till crisp. Ground coarsely grated coconut, green chillies and mustard. Season mustard, red chilli and curry leaves in 2 tsp oil. Lower the flame add curd and the ground ingredients. Keep stirring. Add fried ladies finger and salt. Remove from fire when it boils.

You can use Pavakkai (Bitter Gourd) instead of Ladies Finger as a variation.

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