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bhenDekaayi gojju

posted: 22.06. 2008, 05:01

okra sidedish

I had eaten this bhenDekaayi-gojju a couple of times at my friends’ places in Bangalore and liked it a lot. Then I asked my friends Savitha and Ashwini for the recipe. Both of them gave a slightly different recipe. So I came up with my own slightly tweaked version combining those two. I like okra in most forms and so I always have some in the fridge. I make this gojju along with Rasam usually. First we have rice with the gojju and then with rasam.

Ingredients

• Okra cut into bite size pieces – 1 cup
• Grated coconut – about half cup
• Green chillies – 2 (add more if you like spicy)
• Tamarind – to taste
• Mustard – half teaspoon
• Hing/Asafoetida – a pinch
• Turmeric – a pinch
• Oil
• Salt to taste

Method

• Fry the okra in a pan with a little oil on a low flame till it gets cooked.
• Grind all the remaining ingredients (everything raw including mustard) to the consistency of a chutney.
• Add this chutney to the okra and cook it for a while (till it boils once)
• Enjoy this delicious gojju with rice/chapati/dosa.

Preparation time: 20 minutes