Ingredients

• 300 g - lady finger (washed and cut into small pieces)
• 1/2 grated - coconut
• 3 tsp - mustard
• 4 - green chilli
• A small piece - tamarind, size of lemon
• a small bunch - curry leaves
• salt
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder

How to Make Bhindi pachaddi

• Soak the tamarind in warm water for 10 minutes. Squeeze the juice and remove the sediments.
• Pour the tamarind juice on the lady fingers in a separate vessel till the vegetable gets completely soaked.
• Add salt and turmeric powder to it and put on low flame.
• Put the grated coconut, mustard and green chillies into a mixer and grind into a thick smooth paste.
• Once the smell of tamarind disappears from the vessel that is kept on low flame, add the coconut paste into it.
• Generally it will take 15 to 20 minutes for the smell of tamarind to disappear.
• Remove the vessel from flame when the coconut paste gets mixed well with the vegetable.
• Add curry leaves and serve.