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Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe - Ladies Finger With Coconut

Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe - Ladies Finger With Coconut

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 45 M
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Udupi
Diet Vegetarian

Palya is a simple stir-fry recipe which is popular in the northern part of Karnataka. Palya can be prepared with any kind of vegetable; the vegetable is stir fried with coconut and red chili paste, one such recipe is Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe (Ladies Finger Dry With Coconut).

Ingredients

  • 20 Bhindi (Lady Finger/Okra)
  • 1/2 cup Fresh coconut
  • grated
  • 3 Dry Red Chillies
  • 18 grams Tamarind
  • soaked in water
  • 1 teaspoon Jaggery
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • For seasoning:
  • 1 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
  • 1/2 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)
  • 2 Dry Red Chillies
  • Curry leaves
  • a handful

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe, wash okra with water and allow them to dry completely

Step 2

Once dried chop them into small pieces

Step 3

Soak tamarind in a cup of warm water and extract its juice and set it aside

Step 4

Discard the pulp

Step 5

In a non-stick kadai, heat a little oil

Step 6

Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, Allow to splutter

Step 7

Add urad dal and allow it to turn golden and sizzle

Step 8

Add in curry leaves and red chillies

Step 9

Let it sizzle for a couple of seconds

Step 10

Now, add the okra pieces and cook with the lid opened until the okra is half cooked and stickiness/sliminess goes off

Step 11

Ensure to fry them in high heat and stir continually, but careful enough to not break them

Step 12

Meanwhile, let’s prepare masala for palya

Step 13

In a mixer, grind coconut and dried red chilies into coarse powder without the addition of water

Step 14

The paste has to be coarse

Step 15

Once the okras are half cooked, add jaggery, salt, and tamarind juice

Step 16

Add little amount of water and cook with the lid covered until the okras are completely cooked and the water is absorbed

Step 17

Now, add the freshly grounded coconut paste to the okra pieces and cook them on low heat

Step 18

Cook Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe until the raw smell of coconut goes off, for about 5 minutes

Step 19

Switch off the heat and it is ready to be served

Step 20

Prepare this simple Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe, and serve it with hot piping Udupi Style Mixed Vegetable Sambar Recipe and Steamed Rice for lunch

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