Restaurant style Bhindi Masala cooked in onion tomato curry. This is a low-fat version where I have stir fried the okra instead of deep frying like they do in restaurants. Also,learn the tips to make non slimy/non sticky okra in this recipe.

Tips for non slimy and non sticky okra/bhindi/ladyfinger

1)Wash the Okra/Bhindi/ladyfinger and place on a paper towel / kitchen towel or wipe the okra dry

2)After cutting the okra, let it air dry for sometime

3)Salt should always be added toward the end of the cooking process

4)Always use something tart/sour like Amchur(raw mango powder)/tomatoes or vinegar(Its a southern way of cooking okra with vinegar)

In this recipe I have used tomatoes as my sour ingredient that not only enhances the taste but helps to remove the slime/stickiness from the okra. My most popular and searched okra recipe is Bhindi Do Pyaza using Frozen Bhindi. You have to read my post to see how I remove all the moisture from the frozen okra and use it just like fresh cut okra. Some of my other popular Okra recipes are Bhindi Ki Kadhi-Punjabi Style, Achari Bhindi and Bhindi Do Pyaza.

Moving on to the recipe-

Here is the written recipe followed by the step by step pictorial one-

Bhindi Masala-Restaurant Style with tips for non slimy Bhindi

Aanchal Gupta

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings cups

Ingredients

1 lb/450 gms fresh tender okra/bhindi/ladyfinger
1 large onion chopped, about 1 cup
2-3 to matoes chopped,about 1 cup
1 tsp ginger minced
1 tsp garlic minced
1/2 tsp green chilies minced
1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1/2 tsp turmeric/haldi
1/2 tsp red chili powder/lal mirch add more or less as per preference
1/2 tsp paprika/
1 1/2 tsp coriander powder/dhania powder
8 tbsp oil/divided

Instructions

Wash and chop the okra/bhindi/ladyfinger(Read tips)
Heat 4 tbsp oil in a pan and add okra and cook till almost done(should be 80 percent cooked) and set aside
In same pan, heat 4 tbsp oil and add cumin/jeera and let it crackle
Add onions and cook till light brown
Add ginger,garlic and green chilies and mix till the raw smell goes away
Add tomatoes and mix well.
Add salt and all the dry spices and mix well(add a few drops of water if the spices start sticking to the bottom)
Cover and cook on low till oil separates
Add the okra and cook till the okra is cooked through and the flavors blend in

Notes

Its important to not cook the okra all the way through as we want it to cook for sometime with the onion tomato curry. I have sprayed some cooking spray to help saute the okra as I wanted to use less oil. You can use a little more oil if you like while sauteing okra. Alternately, you can also deep fry the okra.

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Here is the step by step pictorial recipe-

Ingredients