whole baby okra curry
Young baby okra is quite a vegetable. It doesn't seem to have a great strong flavor of its own, so, it works well with curries, I think.
This whole baby okra curry recipe is quick and easy if all the ingredients are handy - simply throw them together, simmer for a bit and it is ready.
Ingredients:
1 pkt frozen whole baby okra
1 can stewed tomatoes with chipotle (or 2 medium fresh tomatoes, sliced)
1 medium onion sliced
salt to taste
1 tsp canola oil
2 Tbsp Patak's Tikka masala paste (or, Patak's balti curry paste)
Preparation:
- heat oil in a pan, add the onions and a pinch of salt, the masala paste, saute till onions turn translucent
- add the tomatoes and okra, cover and simmer on low heat till flavors meld and okra is soft but not mushy; adjust salt to taste
- serve warm with rotis, or, peas and cumin rice.
Instead of store-bought tikka masala or balti masala paste, i sometimes use a blend of my own: cumin seeds, coriander seeds, indian cinnamon bark, cloves, cardamom, star anise, dry red chilies - dry roast them and grind them with onions and ginger and some oil, into a fine paste.
Labels: curry, indian, okra, vegetarian
1 Comments:
At 4:37 AM, Anonymous said…
I love this curry! I shall have to avoid the patak's paste (diet does not permit it). Drooooool!
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