Andhra Pradesh

Bendakaya pulusu

Name: Bendakaya pulusu
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 20 pods cut in 2 inch pieces okra (lady's finger); 1 sliced onion; 1 chopped tomato; a lemon sized ball tamarind; 1 tbsp jaggery; 2 slit green chilli; 1 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 2 tsp rice flour; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; a pinch fenugreek seeds; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 sprig curry leaves; 4 cloves crushed garlic; 2 cups water; Salt, to taste

Okra simmered in tamarind, jaggery and chilli. Sweet sour, slurpable, perfect with rice.

40 minTime

3 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The tamarind stew3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayAndhra tamarind and a generous hand of chilli.

The original

153kcal

3 gprotein

4 gfibre

40minutes

Bendakaya pulusu as Andhra homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Okra (lady's finger)20 pods, cut in 2 inch pieces

Onion1, sliced

Tomato1, chopped

Tamarinda lemon sized ball

Jaggery1 tbsp

Green chilli2, slit

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Rice flour2 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seedsa pinch

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Curry leaves1 sprig

Garlic4 cloves, crushed

Water2 cups

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Fry okra in a spoon of oil until no longer slimy.
2In the rest of the oil, temper mustard, fenugreek, cumin, garlic, curry leaves and chilli, then add onion.
3Add tomato, turmeric, chilli powder and coriander powder and cook until soft.
4Pour in tamarind water, jaggery, salt and water. Add okra and simmer.
5Stir in rice flour mixed with water and simmer until slightly thick.

Serve it like this

Serve in a deep bowl next to hot rice and a papad.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Andhra Pradesh

Bendakaya pulusu

Okra simmered in tamarind, jaggery and chilli. Sweet sour, slurpable, perfect with rice.

40 minTime

3 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The tamarind stew3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayAndhra tamarind and a generous hand of chilli.

The original

153kcal

3 gprotein

4 gfibre

40minutes

Bendakaya pulusu as Andhra homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Okra (lady's finger)20 pods, cut in 2 inch pieces

Onion1, sliced

Tomato1, chopped

Tamarinda lemon sized ball

Jaggery1 tbsp

Green chilli2, slit

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Rice flour2 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seedsa pinch

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Curry leaves1 sprig

Garlic4 cloves, crushed

Water2 cups

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Fry okra in a spoon of oil until no longer slimy.
2In the rest of the oil, temper mustard, fenugreek, cumin, garlic, curry leaves and chilli, then add onion.
3Add tomato, turmeric, chilli powder and coriander powder and cook until soft.
4Pour in tamarind water, jaggery, salt and water. Add okra and simmer.
5Stir in rice flour mixed with water and simmer until slightly thick.

Serve it like this

Serve in a deep bowl next to hot rice and a papad.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Bendakaya pulusu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Bendakaya pulusu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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