Bhenda Saglen

Description:

This is basically roasted Okra/Ladies finger in a traditional konkani gravy made of onion,ginger and scraped coconut.This dish gives Okra a new touch and flavour.

Bhenda Saglen

Ingredients:

10-20 Ladies fingers/Okra washed and cut into 2 inch pieces,

2 finely chopped onions,

half inch of Ginger very finely chopped.

1 cup of scraped coconut,

half teaspoon tamarind paste,

2-3 Byadgi red chillies,

3 teaspoon of oil,

Salt to taste,

Method:

• Heat two teaspoon of oil in a pan , add chopped onions  and ginger, fry them till golden brown. Add red chillies and scraped coconut to this and fry for 2 more minutes.Let it cool.
• Empty the contents into a mixer ,add tamarind paste and Salt to taste .Grind it till you get a fine paste.
• Fry ladies fingers/Okra in a frying pan, drizzel 1 teaspoon of oil and a pinch of Salt (which will hasten  cooking process).Fry until cooked.
• Now add the ground masala to the fried Okras and simmer for 10 minutes.

Tasty Bhenda Saglen  is ready to serve.