Dahiwale Bhindi

Dahiwale Bhindi

In odisha any thali will be incomplete without any savory dish. This savory dish always goes very good with rice items. These dishes are dahiwale baigan, dahiwale bhindi, boondi raita , masala chas etc etc. except these dishes we odia people also relish some sweet and savory chutney dishes like amba khata (sweet mango chutney), tomato khajuri khata( tomato dates chutney), pineapple khata (sweet pineapple chutney) etc etc.

Once my friend invited me to her house for lunch. Her hubby is a great cook. He cooked his favourite item dahiwale bhindi or dahi bhindi. It is a simple dish but very quick and very flavourful. Fried bhindis or ladies finger in garlicky tempered dahi. Here is the recipe

Bhindi- 15nos ( small size)

Dahi- 200gms

Mustartd-1 tsp

Zeera-1 tsp

Urad dal- 1tbsp

Red chilli- 3 to 4

Salt to taste

Black salt-1tsp

Hing- 1 pinch

Curry leaves- 6 to 7

Green chilli- 1

Garlic- 4 to 5 cloves

Oil for deep frying bhindis

Oil – 1 tbsp

Wash and clean bhindis properly. Then put them on a kitchen towel and pat dry. If all these bhindis are small in size then cut head and tail. If it is bigger then cut into halves and keep aside.

Heat oil for deep frying in a kadai and add bhindis in the oil and fry them properly. Then drain on a kitchen towel.

Deseed the red chillies properly and deep fry them in the same oil and keep aside.

Peel and clean garlic properly. In a mortar pestle add garlic and green chili and crush them a bit and keep aside.

Beat the curd properly without any lumps and add salt and black salt to it and mix properly and keep aside.

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan add mustard and zeera to it and let it crackle. Then add Hing,  Urad Dal and curry leaves to it and then add crushed garlic and green chilli and sauté. Switch off the gas and add the curd mixture to it and stir continuously or else it may split. Add the fried bhindis and red chillies to it and mix. Taste the seasoning and serve as a side dish