Indian Okra Curry Made in Buttermilk

Name: Indian Okra Curry Made in Buttermilk
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South Asia — Muslim traditions
Ingredients: 450 ml buttermilk; 2 tbsp gram flour; 1 tbsp oats; 4 green chilies; 1 inch ginger; 4 tsp coriander powder; 2 tsp cumin powder; 1.5 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tbsp coriander leaves; 400 g okra; salt; 0.5 tsp mustard seeds; 4 tbsp ghee

Okra, buttermilk and oats come together in this South Asian curry, fragrant with ginger and cumin and cooked in a pan. It comes to the table with rice.

1 hr 20 min · Serves 4 · Medium

Method

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Time: Prep 40 min · Cook 40 min · 80 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Put 6 tbsps. of buttermilk in a cup. Add gramflour and the ground oats. Stir to make a paste.
2
Add the remaining buttermilk, green chillies, ginger, corriander, cumin, turmeric, red chilli powder, fresh corriander and salt to taste.
3
Heat on low flame. Cook till the mixture thickens. Wash okra under running water. Trim off the top and tail of each piece of okra.
4
Add salt and red chilli powder (to taste). Heat oil/ghee in a skillet. Saute the okra in it.
5
Add the fried okra to the buttermilk curry. Cook for 10 minutes. Temper the curry with mustard seeds spluttered in hot ghee/oil. Serve hot with rice.
10 min