Ingredients
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Instructions
Cooking Steps
Step 1: To begin making Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe, wash okra with water and allow them to dry completely
Step 2: Once dried chop them into small pieces
Step 3: Soak tamarind in a cup of warm water and extract its juice and set it aside
Step 4: Discard the pulp
Step 5: In a non-stick kadai, heat a little oil
Step 6: Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, Allow to splutter
Step 7: Add urad dal and allow it to turn golden and sizzle
Step 8: Add in curry leaves and red chillies
Step 9: Let it sizzle for a couple of seconds
Step 10: Now, add the okra pieces and cook with the lid opened until the okra is half cooked and stickiness/sliminess goes off
Step 11: Ensure to fry them in high heat and stir continually, but careful enough to not break them
Step 12: Meanwhile, let’s prepare masala for palya
Step 13: In a mixer, grind coconut and dried red chilies into coarse powder without the addition of water
Step 14: The paste has to be coarse
Step 15: Once the okras are half cooked, add jaggery, salt, and tamarind juice
Step 16: Add little amount of water and cook with the lid covered until the okras are completely cooked and the water is absorbed
Step 17: Now, add the freshly grounded coconut paste to the okra pieces and cook them on low heat
Step 18: Cook Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe until the raw smell of coconut goes off, for about 5 minutes
Step 19: Switch off the heat and it is ready to be served
Step 20: Prepare this simple Udupi Style Bendekayi Palya Recipe, and serve it with hot piping Udupi Style Mixed Vegetable Sambar Recipe and Steamed Rice for lunch