Ingredients

• Size of big lime - tamarind
• 1 kg - ladies finger
• 8 to 10 - dry red chillies
• 1 tbsp - coriander seeds
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp - fenugreek
• 1/2 tsp - asafoetida powder
• 4 tbsp - oil
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• A few curry leaves
• 4 - green chillies, slit
• Salt to taste

How to Make Ladies Finger Playa

• Soak tamarind in 1/2 a cup of water for 30 minutes and extract the juice.
• Meanwhile, wash ladies finger and wipe dry.
• Cut them into 1 cm round slices.
• Roast all the ingredients from red chillies to fenugreek in 2 tsp of oil.
• Add asafetida and mix well.
• Cool and powder coarsely.
• Heat the remaining oil in a kadai.
• Add mustards.
• When they splutter, add curry leaves.
• Add ladies finger and cook stirring till the vegetable look wilted.
• Add salt and tamarind juice.
• Cover and simmer till the vegetable is cooked.
• Add the ground powder and keep stirring till the palya is almost dry.
• Serve as a side dish for lunch.