Fried Ladyfinger with gram flour coated on it / Besan Wali Bhindi

Fried Ladyfinger with gram flour coated on it  / Besan Wali Bhindi with chutney

Ingredients

1. Ladyfingers /Bhindi/Okra - 120 grams......make thin strips of ladyfinger/bhindi/okra.

2. Gram flour / Besan - Half cup.

3. Red mirchi / Chilli Flakes one table spoon.

4. Red mirchi / Chilli powder one table spoon.

5. Dry Mango powder / Amchoor - one table spoon.

6. Haldi powder or turmeric just two pinches to add color.

7. Salt  -  one table spoon or to taste.

7a. Coriander / dhania leaves - approximately one table spoon finely chopped.

7b. Oil for deep frying.

Now ingredients for Chilli garlic sauce or chutnee for above besan wali bhindi

1. Kashmiri chillies / kashmiri lal mirch (red ) - 10

2. Peeled garlic cloves / lehsun -  12

3. Lemon / nimbu  juice - 3 table spoons.

4. Jeera  - 1 table spoon ( in powder form).

5. Salt -  1 table spoon ( or as per taste).

Steps for Sauce or chutney

1. Remove stalks of red chilli

2. Boil kashmiri mirchi or kashmiri red chilli

3. Again put boiled chillies in fresh or cold water for refreshing.

4. Blend all items said above for chutnee to paste form.

Chutnee is ready

Now steps for besan bhindi fry

1. Heat oil in a deep pan enough for deep frying.

2. Mix garm flour/besan, salt, dhaniya/corriander, salt, haldi/turmeric powder, amchur/mango powder, mirchi / chilli and a bit of water enough to make it possible to coat on bhindi/ladyfi ger stripes......mix to form uniform paste

3. By now oil will be hot and smoking , tip ladyfingers/ bhindi in above mix and deep fry until golden.

Serve hot.

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