Lady's Finger Hot and Sour Gravy (Vendaikkai Puli Milagai)

Lady's Finger fried with green chillies and ginger and boiled in Tamarind water gives an exotic taste and flavour. It is a gravy cum pickle like side dish that can be had along with Dosa, Uppma, Pongal and Rotis. It also suits very well to have with curd rice...

Ingredients for making Lady's Finger Hot and Sour Gravy:

Chopped Lady's finger from 10 Lady's Fingers

Finely chopped ginger from 2 inch size ginger

Red chilli - 1

Chopped green chillies from 7 green chillies

Tamarind juice extracted from a small lemon size tamarind

Hing (Perungayam) a small piece

Fenugreek 1/2 tea spoon

Jagerry a small piece

Mustard seeds, urad dal and chana dal, Turmeric powder

Curry leaves

Gingelly Oil 2 tb spoon

Method for making Lady's Finger Hot and Sour Gravy:

Heat the pan with the oil. Saute it with mustard seeds, urad dal, chanadal, Fenugreek, Red chilli and Hing. Then add turmeric powder.Fry ginger and green chillies for 2 minutes. Then add chopped Lady's Finger and fry for 3 minutes. Pour the tamarind juice. Add salt. Add jagerry now.Let it boil till the veggies become soft and the gravy thickens. switch off the stove.