Okra in Yoghurt

My first recipe (The forgotten recipe of my Grandma )

This is a taste of Orissa, my birth place, in the eastern part of India. My Grandma used to make it and she used to call it "Bhendi Thukthuka". I do not know the original recipe, what I remember is the taste, and I just tried to reinvent it. I talked to my younger sister, who gave me few a tips and then I added my own imaginations and prepared it. The good thing is, it tasted similar to the taste of my childhood "Bhendi Thukthuka", but the look and texture was different from the original. So, here we go.


Ingredients:

1. Okra (Bhindi) - 200 gram
2. Yoghurt- 1/2 cup
3. Garlic (grated / finely chopped)- 1 table spoon
4. Curry leaves - 5 to 10 leaves
5. mustard seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
6. Fennel seed (Sounf)- 1/2 tea spoon
7. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tea spoon
8. oil of your choice - 1 table spoon
9. chopped green chili according to taste
10. salt according to taste

Preparation:

1. Cut the Okra into the desired size, you can make it as small as you want or keep it longer as well, I have cut off the two ends and then have cut them from the middle.
2. Heat the oil in a non stick cookware, and when the oil is hot add mustard seed and fennel seed. Allow them to splutter, and then add grated garlic, curry leaves, chopped green chili and saute it for a while till the garlic and the green chili start changing color.
3. Add the cut pieces of Okra and add salt and turmeric powder and mix everything on the pan evenly.
4. Keep the heat in medium and cook till the Okra get tender.
5. Add yoghurt and cook till the liquid is gone.

Serve it hot with either Rice or Roti/ Naan.

Try out the recipe and give me your feedback.