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Home » ACCOMPANIMENTS » Vendakkai curry recipe, Ladies finger curry

Vendakkai curry recipe, Ladies finger curry

September 30, 2010 by Raks Anand 50 Comments / Jump to Recipe

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Vendakkai curry is delicious one with onion and tomato base. Step wise pictures and full video recipe.

Vendakkai AKA Okra/ bhendi is one of the veggie I love to eat,especially this recipe I learnt from my MIL is so yummy with sambar rice. She in turn got special tips for this recipe from my FIL 😉

That is to fry ladies finger in generous oil and the masala has to be roasted until browned to get a perfect and delicious curry.

One trick while cooking okra without handling too much of slime quality it has is, washing it well and pat drying it completely before cutting. I usually wash, spread over a clean kitchen towel and eliminate the moisture completely before cutting.

Use oil enough to avoid too much of slime. As it gets cooked, add little by little and the slime will be gone, don’t panic if it is too slimy at the beginning.

Check out my vazhakkai curry

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Vendakkai curry recipe

Vendakkai curry is delicious one with onion and tomato base. Step wise pictures and full video recipe.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 4 people
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • 22 Ladies finger/ vendakkai
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 Tomato
  • 1 tsp Sambar powder
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric
  • Salt - As needed
  • 1 tbsp Sesame oil
  • 1 tbps Oil

To Temper

  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • ½ tsp Mustard
  • 1 tsp Ulutham paruppu/ Urad dal
  • 1 Curry leaves sprig

Instructions

  • Wash and pat dry the ladies finger and cut into desired bite size pieces.
  • Chop the onion and tomatoes finely and set aside. Heat a pan with the sesame oil and fry the cut ladies finger in medium flame stirring now and then until the ladies finger starts turning brown here and there and the viscous nature of it goes away. Keep aside.
  • Heat oil  for tempering and splutter the mustard,add urad dal and the curry leaves. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent.
  • In goes chopped tomatoes, add required salt, fry till the tomatoes turn mushy.
  • Add the fried ladies finger,sambar powder and turmeric powder and mix well.
  • Sprinkle some water if needed  and mix well and cook covered in medium low flame. Water from tomato itself is enough for this to get cooked, if adding water just a tbsp of water is enough.
  • Stir in between for even cooking. After the ladies finger gets cooked, keep the flame in medium and let the masala get brown and oil oozes out form the curry. Turn the curry occasionally to get the browning effect. Top with oil if it sticks in the pan.

Video

Notes

  • Choose young ladies finger while buying (if you break the tail part,it should break crisp) 
  • If the ladies finger is very old, big and have so much of seeds in it, it's not young and it will break while you cook and won't be tasty. While you test, the tip won't break completely. 
  • Add oil sufficiently at each stage to avoid stickiness. Add as necessary. 
  • There should not be any water content with ladies finger as it will make it more slime-y and takes long time to get rid of it while cooking. 
  • Sesame oil helps to reduce the slime.

How to make vendakkai curry method:

  1. Wash and pat dry the ladies finger/ vendakkai and cut into desired bite size pieces.
    Cut ladies fingers
  2. Chop the onion and tomatoes finely and set aside. Heat a pan with the sesame oil and fry the cut ladies finger in medium flame stirring now and then until the ladies finger starts turning brown here and there and the viscous nature of it goes away. Keep aside.
    Fried
  3. Heat oil  for tempering and splutter the mustard,add urad dal and the curry leaves. Add the chopped onion and fry till transparent.
    temper,fry onion
  4. In goes chopped tomatoes, add required salt, fry till the tomatoes turn mushy.
    fry tomato till mushy
  5. Add the fried ladies finger,sambar powder and turmeric powder and mix well.
    Add ladies finger
  6. Sprinkle some water if needed  and mix well and cook covered in medium low flame. Water from tomato itself is enough for this to get cooked, if adding water just a tbsp of water is enough.
    cook covered
  7. Stir in between for even cooking. After the ladies finger gets cooked, keep the flame in medium and let the masala get brown and oil oozes out form the curry. Turn the curry occasionally to get the browning effect. Top with oil if it sticks in the pan.

    vendakkai curry last step

Notes

  • Choose young ladies finger while buying (if you break the tail part,it should break crisp) 
  • If the ladies finger is very old, big and have so much of seeds in it, it’s not young and it will break while you cook and won’t be tasty. While you test, the tip won’t break completely. 
  • Add oil sufficiently at each stage to avoid stickiness. Add as necessary. 
  • There should not be any water content with ladies finger as it will make it more slime-y and takes long time to get rid of it while cooking. 
  • Sesame oil helps to reduce the slime.

Transfer to the serving bowl and enjoy as accompaniment for rice!
ladiesfinger-curry


I updated the pictures with Indian Okra while the step wise pictures are the same old pictures that I used a different variety. So the look may vary.

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  1. Hari Chandana

    September 30, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Woww.. this is my fav curry.. very tempting snaps dear.. thanks for sharing !!

    Reply
  2. Sharmilee! :)

    September 30, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    Wow my fav veggie too…mine is same version but minus sesame oil plus we add jeera….rest are the same…looks so yummy. I luv it with both rotis and rice

    Reply
  3. Gayu

    September 30, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Okra is my favorite veggie and the curry looks super-delicious..I prepare it almost the same way and love the taste after the addition of sambar powder..

    Reply
  4. Hamaree Rasoi

    September 30, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Ladies Finger Curry looks so colorful & yummy. Loved the recipe.Very different method.Would try it out very soon.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  5. Shabitha Karthikeyan

    September 30, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    I love this version. When we get bored of the usual okra fry I make this one. Looks so good Raji !!

    Reply
  6. Hema

    September 30, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    Raks lovely pic as usual.. This is the exact same way I too prepare it.. Though yours look more tempting.. Lovely combo! My all time fav sambar rice and okra poriyal

    Reply
  7. Indie.Tea

    September 30, 2010 at 5:17 pm

    It looks delicious….

    Reply
  8. Suja Sugathan

    September 30, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    My favorite veggie..nice recipe,looks delicious

    Reply
  9. Mahi

    September 30, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    I never add tomato in vendaikkai poriyal..looks yumm!! will try next time.

    Reply
  10. Sayantani

    September 30, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    thats a new curry to me. will try your version looks so tangy and tasty.

    Reply
  11. DEESHA

    September 30, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    This is my fave .. absolutely love it

    Reply
  12. Smitha

    September 30, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Thats yummy for my tummy!..love bendi anytime!

    Reply
  13. divya

    September 30, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    looks yummy….

    Reply
  14. Pushpa

    September 30, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Awesome vendakkai curry,a great combo with hot sambar rice..yummy

    Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

    Reply
  15. Santosh Bangar

    September 30, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    LOOKS DEIOUS AND TASY THIS DIFFERENT RECIPE NEW IDEA MUT TRY
    DO VISIT MY BLOG

    Reply
  16. Padma

    September 30, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    Love vendakkai and this looks lovely and very tempting..Nice click.

    Reply
  17. Swathi

    September 30, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Nice okra curry Raji. I need to try .

    Reply
  18. Satya

    September 30, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    vendakkai is my favorite veggie too …this curry looks superb ….love it

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

    Reply
  19. NIDHYA

    September 30, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    Curry looks mouthwatering…mmm mmm mmm good..

    http://aaha-oho.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  20. aipi

    September 30, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    i love the way you have cut the okras..so uniform in size 🙂
    It is our family fav too..will try your version!

    US Masala

    Reply
  21. jeyashrisuresh

    September 30, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    adding onion and tomato to vendakkai curry is totally new to me, never tried this version.
    Looks very awesome with beautiful clicks and will try this soon

    Reply
  22. notyet100

    October 1, 2010 at 2:27 am

    curry looks yum.,..

    Reply
  23. Pavithra Srihari

    October 1, 2010 at 2:41 am

    as always .. wonderful clicks … love this simple curry as well .. i am there anytime for okra 🙂

    Reply
  24. Shanthi

    October 1, 2010 at 3:32 am

    Colourful and fantastic. Would like to grab it from the plate

    Reply
  25. Sushma Mallya

    October 1, 2010 at 3:36 am

    Nice and easy recipe, and looks good too…

    Reply
  26. Roshan

    October 1, 2010 at 4:15 am

    i like the intro….i am also a fan of Okra…. nice recipe….

    Reply
  27. Chitra

    October 1, 2010 at 6:32 am

    Very new to me.I always do the saute method.. will surely try this tomorrow 🙂 Thnx !!

    Reply
  28. Priya

    October 1, 2010 at 8:42 am

    Irresistible curry, my fav anytime..

    Reply
  29. Pavithra

    October 1, 2010 at 12:34 pm

    This is my fav veggie and i too make this ..love this so so much .. wish I am there to relish raji made sambar and vendakkai curry.

    Reply
  30. Akila

    October 1, 2010 at 3:44 pm

    my all time favorite….

    Reply
  31. kothiyavunu.com

    October 1, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    Anything with okra..just love it..ur curry looks so tasty!

    Reply
  32. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

    October 1, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Love the mouth watering pic.

    Reply
  33. lissie

    October 2, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    this okra curry is just perfect for rice or rotis! looks really good..

    Reply
  34. Jay

    October 2, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    As usual I m drooling over it…yummy..yummmmm…:)

    Tasty Appetite

    Reply
  35. Mano Saminathan

    October 2, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    A very nice recipe! Beautiful snap!

    Reply
  36. Laavanya

    October 3, 2010 at 1:40 am

    I used to make this exactly like this and was my favorite.. unfortunately my husband likes it dry so don't make this often.

    Reply
  37. Jagruti જાગૃતિ

    October 3, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    looks so yummm…never made with sambar powder…!

    Reply
  38. Rachana

    October 3, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    A mouthwatering okra curry. Would love to have with rotis.

    Reply
  39. Sarah Naveen

    October 4, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    My Fav curry!! nice clicks..looks so mouthwatering!!

    Reply
  40. Anonymous

    October 5, 2010 at 12:47 am

    Very very tempting! Ladies finger is my favorite vegetable. would love to this recipe.

    Reply
  41. Cham

    October 5, 2010 at 4:48 am

    My fav veggie and I thought I will post the recipe tomor… But I have a different okra! Pict looks delicious!

    Reply
  42. women-wisdom.com

    October 5, 2010 at 7:35 am

    delicious Okra and neat presentation. Beautiful clicks.

    Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran,
    http://indianyummykitchen.blogspot.com

    Reply
  43. Kalyans

    October 6, 2010 at 2:12 am

    uh hooo…that looks tempting…ladys finger is one of my fav vegetables. We prepare one ladys finger dish with mostly poppy seeds and other items without any gravy and this one looks quite similar to it…nice clicks too!

    Reply
  44. Premalatha Aravindhan

    October 11, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Vendakai curry luks very tempting,aishu's fav…will try this method next time.

    Reply
  45. Janu

    October 25, 2010 at 8:29 am

    Tried this for lunch today. Was sooooo tasty!!! Loved this version 🙂

    Reply
  46. Ananya

    November 14, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    lovely recipe!!

    Reply
  47. Ananya

    November 14, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    creative recipe…

    Reply
  48. Nevin

    December 24, 2013 at 11:53 am

    good one! thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  49. Ammus

    February 5, 2014 at 1:10 am

    superb recipie thanks a lot, a varaprasatham for a bachelor like me

    Reply
  50. Lavina

    October 7, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    Great recipe, thank you for posting. I did not have any sambar powder so I substituted it with curry powder (may or may not be the same). This is a dish that I will make often

    Reply

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