Vendakkai Avial Recipe with step by step pictures. Ladies Finger Avial recipe is sauteed in tangy and spicy coconut paste. This will be really a tempting and tasty dish, if done properly.

Vendakkai Avial Recipe
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About Vendakkai Avial Recipe
Now coming back to today's recipe, it is again my mom's avial recipe. She makes avial with all kinds of veggies and i should tell ya, it taste divine. I have quite a variety of avial in this blog like Drumstick Avial, Mixed Vegetable Avial, Raw Mango Avial, Beans Potato Avial, & Malabar Avial. If you are a non veg eater, i have avials for you too. Check out my Anchovies Avial & Egg Avial.So try this avial and let me know how it turns out.
Ingredients for Vendakkai Avial Recipe
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Vendakkai / Ladys Finger / Okra - 15
- Tamarind Pulp - 1 tbsp
- Water - ½ cup
- Salt to taste
For Grinding:
- Coconut - ¾ cup
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
- Dry Red Chilli - 2
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1tsp

How to Make Vendakkai Avial Recipe
- Grind the ingredients given for masala to a coarse paste without adding water.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds and let them pop.
- Now add in lady finger and saute for 5 mins. Season with salt and mix well.
- Add in tamarind pulp and some water. Bring everything to a good boil and cover the pan. Let it cook for 15 mins.
- Now add in the masala and toss well. Stir this for couple of mins.
- Serve with rice.

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Vendakkai Avial Recipe | Ladies Finger Avial Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 15 Vendakkai / Ladys Finger / Okra
- 1 tablespoon Tamarind Pulp
- ½ cup Water
- Salt to taste
- For Grinding:
- ¾ cup Coconut
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 2 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
Instructions
- Grind the ingredients given for masala to a coarse paste without adding water.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds and let them pop.
- Now add in lady finger and saute for 5 mins. Season with salt and mix well.
- Add in tamarind pulp and some water. Bring everything to a good boil and cover the pan. Let it cook for 15 mins.
- Now add in the masala and toss well. Stir this for couple of mins.
- Serve with rice.
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Vendakkai Avial Recipe Step by Step
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| Cut okra into small pieces |
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| Take coconut, cumin and chilli in a mixer |
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| Grind them coarsely |
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| Heat oil |
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| Add in mustard seeds |
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| Add chopped okra |
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| Saute them |
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| Once they have browned |
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| Season with some salt |
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| Pour in some tamarind juice |
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| Cover and Cook |
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| till okra is cooked |
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| Add the coconut masala |
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| And some turmeric |
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| Saute for few more mins |
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| Serve |





























Pretend Chef
Sounds delicious.