Spicy Aloo Bhindi Recipe

Aloo means potato and Bhindi means okra in Hindi. These two are always present in every Indian dish since most of the people here are vegetarians and they have a lot of recipes concerning these two wonderful veggies. I know some people don’t like to eat okra because it is too slimy. But potatoes will always be a natural favorite since it is one of the easiest to prepare and you can do a lot of great recipes using potatoes.

Spicy Aloo Bhindi Recipe




Spicy Aloo and Bhindi is one of which I favored to eat because it captures the taste of the masala you use. It is also easy to prepare as long as you have the ingredients like spices at home. Well you can visit any Indian stores in your place to look for this spices that I am going to share in this recipe. Here is the instruction of how to cook Spicy Aloo Bhindi recipe:

Ingredients:

1 large Aloo (potatoes)- Chopped into smaller cubes
¼ kilo of bhindi or okra- cut into small rings
1 medium size onion
2 cloves garlic (chopped)
Turmeric
Ginger-garlic paste
Salt
red Chili powder
Coriander powder
Jeera or cumin powder
2 green chilies (cut into small rings)
Hing or asoefetida
Coriander leaves (fresh)
oil

Preparations/ Methods on How to cook Spicy Aloo Bhindi Recipe:

Step 1: Heat oil in pan and put jeera powder, hing and then garlic. Once it is light brown you can now add the chopped onions and green chilies. Put salt in your onion so that it can be cooked easily. Once the onion is golden brown you can now add your turmeric and then put ginger garlic paste.

Step 2: Next you need to put the coriander powder and red chili powder and put 1tbsp of water so that your powder would not be burnt in taste. Then you can now put the chopped aloo or potatoes and add some more tbsp. of water and simmer it for 10-12 minutes. Once your potatoes are half cooked, you can add the bhindi or okra and cook it for another 5 to 8 minutes.

Step 3: If you think that it still lacks taste, just sprinkle salt into your potato and okra. Just don’t put a lot of water so that it will not get slimy and the taste of the masala will stick to your veggies. Keep the flame slow and I hope you just use a non-stick pan for this recipe since this dish is supposed to be dry and not saucy.

Spicy Okra (Lady Finger)

Spicy Okra (Lady FInger) Recipe

Okra or lady finger is one of the cheapest and all year-round available veggie in India. Every week when we used to market, I always do include veggie in my menu and I always prepare okra or lady finger. This recipe is quite spicy to someone who is not fond of putting chili in their dish. But in India, it is just regular that chili are always present in their dish. Hope you do like this dish.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo okra
2 tbsp. of oil
1-1 green chillies (sliced into ring pieces)
pinch of turmeric
pinch of cumin powder
pinch of coriander powder
1/2 tsp of red chili powder
1 medium onion
2-3 cloves of garlic
1/2 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
salt to taste
pinch of ground black pepper

Preparation:
Please wash your vegetables well before slicing and don't soak your okra in water when cut because that will be all gooey and slimy. Just cut it into rings as what you can see on the sample picture I have below.

Heat the pan and put the oil, then put your cumin powder, green chili and then garlic and once the garlic is ready put your onions. Just put salt while sauteing your onion to cook it well. After that you can put your turmeric powder and then your coriander powder and ginger-garlic paste. When the onion is already golden brown, then put your okra or lady finger. You can now add your chili powder and then put the flame from medium to slow flame and cover the pan to cook the veggie well. Just put only two table spoon of water and please don't put more because this recipe is good to be dry and not watery since we know that okra is slimy, so you don't need to put a lot of liquid.


Simmer the food till the lady finger gets tender and ready. Just season it with salt and ground black pepper to taste and that's it. You have your chilly and spicy okra.