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Home » ACCOMPANIMENTS » Crispy ladies finger fry recipe | vendakkai varuval

Crispy ladies finger fry recipe | vendakkai varuval

November 21, 2008 by Raks Anand 38 Comments /

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This ladies finger/ bhindi/ okra/vendaikai  fries, comes out very crispy,this is very easy and goes well as an accompaniment for rice and even we can eat as a snack! Ingredients and preparation is very simple!

Crispy ladies finger recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 20 mins    |  Serves: 3

Ingredients

Ladies finger – 250 grams


Rice flour – 3 tblsp


Corn flour – 1 tblsp


Redchilli powder – 1 tsp


Dhania powder – 1/2 tsp


Turmeric – 1/8  tsp


salt – as needed


Oil – For deep frying


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Method

  1. Clean the ladies finger with water and pat dry with kitchen towel,so that there’s no water. Cut it into thin circles as shown below.
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  3. Optionally, for extra crispiness, add 2 tbsp of butter milk and coat the chopped ladies finder. Add all the other ingredients,except oil.
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  5. Mix it thoroughly.If needed, sprinkle very little water,only say 1 tblsp.
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  7. Heat oil and add like sprinkling the mixture and fry in a medium flame.Turn in between to ensure even cooking.
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Notes:

  • My mom in law adds a tsp or 2 tsps of curd instead of water for binding the flour. It gives even more crispier fries.
  • If you are not adding enough water to bind the flour to the ladies finger, the fries will come out so white and wont turn golden while frying and it spoils the oil(the flour).
  • Adding more water also will turn the fries chewy. Do not add corn flour more too than mentioned.

The ladies finger gets cooked with a sound in oil and when the sound ceases,and becomes light and crispy drain the fries to kitchen towel.
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Comments

  1. Kitchen Flavours

    November 21, 2008 at 9:29 am

    Wow a new version of okra fry. Looks yummy. Adding corn flour is a nice idea to turn okra crisp.

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  2. Happy cook

    November 21, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    I am not a fan of okra curry etc, but fried like this,that has to be delicious

    Reply
  3. Daily Meals

    November 21, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    Wow Raks Kitchen! These crispy ladies finger pakoda looks very tempting.

    Reply
  4. Jaishree

    November 21, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    Vendaikai varuval looks crisp n tempting.. nice pic:)

    Reply
  5. SriLekha

    November 21, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    wow! i use to prepare this fry in a diferent way! but urs looks delicious and new to me! will try soon! join in the sweet event going in my blog!

    Reply
  6. Usha

    November 21, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    This okra fry looks absolutely delicious and tempting….awesome pics…

    Reply
  7. Malar Gandhi

    November 21, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    Awesome Okra Pakodi. Love it. crispy and fried…oh its so cold outside here…its so tempting!

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  8. Laavanya

    November 21, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    That looks great Raks.. i’ve never made the deep-fried version of this… though my husband would love it.

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  9. Ramya Vijaykumar

    November 21, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    Fries are very crispy I have never tried cornflour… Congrats on all your awards…

    Reply
  10. Divya Vikram

    November 21, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    Lovely fritters..perfect snack too..

    Reply
  11. Thenu

    November 21, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    Hi,
    since I dont have ur mail id, cant really reply to you on th eother question you asked about maths..please send me ur mail id thru my blogger comment and I wont publish it. 🙂
    Your blog is so wonderful by the way!

    Reply
  12. Cham

    November 21, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Very crisp, my son should love if i make this deep fried version!

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  13. n33ma

    November 21, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Looks so fresh and crispy.

    Reply
  14. Uma

    November 21, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Wow, lovely fries! thanks for the yummy recipe. My bookmarked recipes are growing up!

    Reply
  15. Malar Gandhi

    November 21, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    Raje, please take a look at my Plagiarism post and support me….I am devasted. I truly appreciate ur comment.

    Reply
  16. anudivya

    November 21, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    Pretty! Never realized slimy okra could look so yummy!

    Reply
  17. anudivya

    November 21, 2008 at 9:22 pm

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  18. raaji

    November 21, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    Nice fries raji….i loved themmmm..so crisp…

    Reply
  19. Gita's Kitchen

    November 22, 2008 at 12:56 am

    They look so crispy. I would love this with vathakozumbu 🙂

    Reply
  20. Yasmeen

    November 22, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    crisy fried okra is making me hungry:)

    Reply
  21. vidhas

    November 22, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    looks great. YOur step by step photos are simply superb

    Reply
  22. Uj

    November 24, 2008 at 7:48 am

    Okra fry looks yummy 🙂

    Reply
  23. Nags

    June 2, 2010 at 6:23 am

    can't believe I missed this post! I have one question though. When I fry okra, they tend to stick together a lot. Does that happen with this varuval?

    Reply
  24. RAKS KITCHEN

    June 2, 2010 at 6:32 am

    Nags, Just make sure that you add water very very little,these fries anyways don't stick much! 🙂

    Reply
  25. Kavitha Bhargav

    May 4, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Would be great with sambar and curd rice…

    Reply
  26. Vijayalakshmi

    March 21, 2012 at 5:54 am

    I never used to like OKRA, after seeing this hmm., want to eat it all

    Reply
  27. Ranjitha

    December 19, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    hi Rajeswari
    i tried this receipe , it was really good.

    Reply
  28. LakshmiJayachandran

    October 9, 2013 at 11:09 am

    Wow…. Must try this…looks Yummmmmmy…

    Reply
  29. Vaishnavi

    October 19, 2013 at 9:58 am

    Made it today and came out amazingly well . My hubby loved it. Added curd as per your notes. Your tip on adding water or curd very little is top class. Thats the key. Thanks much Raks

    Reply
  30. Swarna

    July 7, 2014 at 8:11 am

    Wat can i substitute for corn flour?? I don't have it at home 🙁

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  31. Raks anand

    July 7, 2014 at 8:14 am

    Skip it 🙂

    Reply
  32. Renuka Ambbarees

    August 7, 2014 at 3:18 am

    Normally before using lady's finger for poriyal or sambar. ..what will you do to remove stickiness after cutting ladies finger? In tamil we used to say valavalapu

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  33. Raks anand

    August 7, 2014 at 3:31 am

    Nothing, as we cook, it will go by itself. Before cutting make sure no water is there in the ladies finger, if its there, pat dry with a towel.As water makes more kozha kozha

    Reply
  34. Renuka Ambbarees

    August 8, 2014 at 3:10 am

    Thanks a lot 🙂

    Reply
  35. Renuka Ambbarees

    August 13, 2014 at 12:12 am

    Made it two days before. …superb. .my hubby likes it. ….. 🙂

    Reply
  36. Beulah

    September 5, 2015 at 4:52 am

    Did you mean corn starch for corn flour or are they different?

    Reply
  37. Settai Murugan

    March 2, 2016 at 5:52 am

    Tried this yesterday and it was yummy.. This is kind of fry the share in most of the andra mess with bringal, cabbage, kovai kai. I was tryig receipe that kind for long time now i got it..

    Reply
  38. Anonymous

    June 28, 2016 at 11:26 am

    My family love this

    Reply

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