Stuffed Okra / Bharwan Bhindi

I found dome nice okra in the store today. So I bought a bag full of them. I made fried okra, okra curry and even put a few of them in sambhar. I was still left with a dozen. So here is how I cooked them.

Ingredients

Besan/gram flour - 2 tbsp

Sesame seeds - 1 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Rasam powder - 2 tbsp

Amchur - 1 tbsp

Roasted nut powder - 1tbsp

Cumin pow - 1 tbsp

Coriander pow - 1 tbsp

Youghurt - 3 tbsp

Steps

1. Mix all the ingredients except oil and make a paste.

2. Make a slit lengthwise to the okra. Take care not to break it open. Remove some of the seeds to make place for the stuffing. Stuff the okra with the prepared paste carefully.

4. To the remaining stuffing, add the seeds from the okra.

5. Heat some oil in a pan and arrange the okra stuffed side up. Cook on medium till the stuffing hardens.

6. Turn the okra and cook on all sides, stuffed side last. Cook till the okra browns. Keep aside.

7. Now add the remaining stuffing to the pan and cook. Add this to the okra and serve.

Serving ideas

If you like this dish dry, do not add the stuffing in step 7. You can top the dish with some fried/sauteed onions.

This dish tastes good on its own. You can also eat it with hot chapathis and sambhar rice.

It can also be had as a finger food with a yoghurt dip.

Tips

Cook the okra on low heat at all times to avoid burning.

For the stuffing, you can also use sambhar powder and coconut powder.