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I love deep fried food very much and I want something to munch on when I watch tv or working in my laptop. This crispy okra fry or vendakkai fry, I got from raks and it came perfectly crunchy. I stored this for 2 days in airtight container and it is good still. All our family members loved this very much and they had this as side dish for all rice varieties. Let's see how to make this crispy okra fry. 

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Crisy Okra Fry (Crispy Vendakkai Fry)

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 20 min | Serves: 3

Recipe Category: Snacks / Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients 

Okra / Ladies finger / Bhindi /Vendakkai - 250 gms

Rice flour - 3 tbsp

Corn flour - 1 tbsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 2 pinch

Salt - as per taste

Oil for frying

Water or curd / yogurt - 1 to 2 tbsp for mixing (see notes)

Method 

1. Wash the okra nicely and pat dry fully. Remove the edges. Cut into small pieces with 1/2 inch or less than that in size. 

2. Mix the mentioned ingredients other than water and oil. Sprinkle the water 1/2 tbsp at a time, just to make sure the powders gets combined with the okra. (see notes)

3. Heat the oil in medium flame and sprinkle the okra and fry them. Turn them or rotate for even cooking. 

4. When the sshhhh... sound ceases or when the okra becomes golden, remove from oil and filter with excess oil with kitchen tissue.

5. Serve this as the side dish for sambar rice or rasam rice or even eat as a evening snack.

Yummy and crispy okra fry is ready

Notes:

1. As suggested by raks, I added 1 tbsp curd and 1 tsp water instead of adding the water. It turned our more crispier.

2. Do not add more water, as the ladies finger may get soggy.

3. Cut the okra, into thin slices as possible for crispier okra fries.

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Ladies finger fry is always my favorite fry from my childhood till now. Now my children also loves it. I prepare the same method how my mom cooked. It just tastes awesome and sometimes, I used to eat only this fry without any rice. I like this vendakkai varuval when it becomes slightly black in colour rather than greenish colour.


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Crispy ladies finger fry

Vendakkai Varuval / Ladies Finger Fry

Preparation time: 10 min | Cook Time: 18 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

• Ladies finger – ½ kg
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – ¾ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Sal as per taste
• Oil for frying around  1.5 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – a pinch
• Black gram – ½ tsp

Method

1. Wash and Cut the ladies finger into small same sized pieces.

2. In the kadai, add 2 tsp oil, mustard seeds black gram. When the seeds start spluttering, add the ladies finger and start frying. Fry till the green color starts to become dark green colour ( may take 10 mts atleast). Now add the Powders and the salt and again start frying.

3. It might take another 5 to 7 min, to get our consistency as shown below. When the oil starts coming out of the veggie, switch off the stove and serve.

4. Serve hot with sambar rice or rasam satham.

My old photo

Notes:
1. Always wash the ladies finger first, before cutting it.
2. Let the ladies finger gets cooked nicely, before adding the chilli, coriander, turmeric and salt. Otherwise it becomes sticky sticky and we will not get the desired texture.
3. Always prepare this in medium flame, as the veggie tend to become over fried.