Okra Thoran

Okra Thoran is a delicious dish which can be served with any meal. It is an ideal veggie for weight loss. It proves beneficial in normalizing blood sugar in the body, helping with diabetes.


Ingredients
Okra - a large cup (round sliced)
Finely Chopped Onions – ½ cup
Chopped Green Chilli – 2 tsp
Chopped Gingger – 1 tsp
Chopped Garlic – 1 tsp
Pepper Powder – ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
To Temper
Coconut oil- a tbsp
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Urad dal-1/2 tsp
Finely minced shallots- a tsp
Curry leaves- a sprig
Chopped Coriander Leaves - few
Red Chilli – 2 (dry)
To Grind (Coarse)
Grated coconut – 2 tsp
Cumin powder- ¼ tsp
Shallots -2 nos
Method
Wash the Okra, trim the edges and chop it as round shaped.
In a pan, heat another tsp of oil and add chopped okra with little bit salt and fry well on a low flame. Fry this for 5 to 7 min then keep it aside.
In a kadai, heat oil. Add all the ingredients one by one which are under “to temper” and sauté it for few sec.
Add the chopped green chilli, ginger garlic, onions and fry till it becomes slight brown in color. Now add the fried okra and add pepper powder then give a mix well.
Add the ground paste in it and sauté this for a few seconds and switch off the flame. Serve with any meal!!!