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
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
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
Method
- 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.
- Optionally, for extra crispiness, add 2 tbsp of butter milk and coat the chopped ladies finder. Add all the other ingredients,except oil.
- Mix it thoroughly.If needed, sprinkle very little water,only say 1 tblsp.
- Heat oil and add like sprinkling the mixture and fry in a medium flame.Turn in between to ensure even cooking.
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.
Kitchen Flavours
November 21, 2008 at 9:29 amWow a new version of okra fry. Looks yummy. Adding corn flour is a nice idea to turn okra crisp.
Happy cook
November 21, 2008 at 12:07 pmI am not a fan of okra curry etc, but fried like this,that has to be delicious
Daily Meals
November 21, 2008 at 1:55 pmWow Raks Kitchen! These crispy ladies finger pakoda looks very tempting.
Jaishree
November 21, 2008 at 2:18 pmVendaikai varuval looks crisp n tempting.. nice pic:)
SriLekha
November 21, 2008 at 2:28 pmwow! 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!
Usha
November 21, 2008 at 2:32 pmThis okra fry looks absolutely delicious and tempting….awesome pics…
Malar Gandhi
November 21, 2008 at 2:42 pmAwesome Okra Pakodi. Love it. crispy and fried…oh its so cold outside here…its so tempting!
Laavanya
November 21, 2008 at 2:59 pmThat looks great Raks.. i’ve never made the deep-fried version of this… though my husband would love it.
Ramya Vijaykumar
November 21, 2008 at 4:01 pmFries are very crispy I have never tried cornflour… Congrats on all your awards…
Divya Vikram
November 21, 2008 at 4:10 pmLovely fritters..perfect snack too..
Thenu
November 21, 2008 at 4:42 pmHi,
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!
Cham
November 21, 2008 at 5:45 pmVery crisp, my son should love if i make this deep fried version!
n33ma
November 21, 2008 at 6:10 pmLooks so fresh and crispy.
Uma
November 21, 2008 at 8:32 pmWow, lovely fries! thanks for the yummy recipe. My bookmarked recipes are growing up!
Malar Gandhi
November 21, 2008 at 8:49 pmRaje, please take a look at my Plagiarism post and support me….I am devasted. I truly appreciate ur comment.
anudivya
November 21, 2008 at 9:22 pmPretty! Never realized slimy okra could look so yummy!
anudivya
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raaji
November 21, 2008 at 9:50 pmNice fries raji….i loved themmmm..so crisp…
Gita's Kitchen
November 22, 2008 at 12:56 amThey look so crispy. I would love this with vathakozumbu 🙂
Yasmeen
November 22, 2008 at 1:24 pmcrisy fried okra is making me hungry:)
vidhas
November 22, 2008 at 2:56 pmlooks great. YOur step by step photos are simply superb
Uj
November 24, 2008 at 7:48 amOkra fry looks yummy 🙂
Nags
June 2, 2010 at 6:23 amcan'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?
RAKS KITCHEN
June 2, 2010 at 6:32 amNags, Just make sure that you add water very very little,these fries anyways don't stick much! 🙂
Kavitha Bhargav
May 4, 2011 at 10:04 amWould be great with sambar and curd rice…
Vijayalakshmi
March 21, 2012 at 5:54 amI never used to like OKRA, after seeing this hmm., want to eat it all
Ranjitha
December 19, 2012 at 3:09 pmhi Rajeswari
i tried this receipe , it was really good.
LakshmiJayachandran
October 9, 2013 at 11:09 amWow…. Must try this…looks Yummmmmmy…
Vaishnavi
October 19, 2013 at 9:58 amMade 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
Swarna
July 7, 2014 at 8:11 amWat can i substitute for corn flour?? I don't have it at home 🙁
Raks anand
July 7, 2014 at 8:14 amSkip it 🙂
Renuka Ambbarees
August 7, 2014 at 3:18 amNormally 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
Raks anand
August 7, 2014 at 3:31 amNothing, 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
Renuka Ambbarees
August 8, 2014 at 3:10 amThanks a lot 🙂
Renuka Ambbarees
August 13, 2014 at 12:12 amMade it two days before. …superb. .my hubby likes it. ….. 🙂
Beulah
September 5, 2015 at 4:52 amDid you mean corn starch for corn flour or are they different?
Settai Murugan
March 2, 2016 at 5:52 amTried 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..
Anonymous
June 28, 2016 at 11:26 amMy family love this