Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe – means crispy okra recipe, and it is a popular Indian dish. Some people serve it as a main course, while others enjoy it as a side dish. Everyone loves this crispy form of okra (भिन्डी). When I made it for the first time, it did not taste as good as the restaurant version. But I tried again and again, and finally, I got it right on my 3rd attempt. 🙂 Here is my Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe. Please try it and tell me how many attempts it took you to get the perfect crunch.

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Kurkuri Bhindi

Recipe by Vipasha

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Course: Dinner, Lunch, Sides, MainCuisine: Indian

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Calories

191

kcal

Total time

hour

This Kurkuri Bhindi is a spicy crispy fried Okra. Can have with roti or paratha as side or main dish.

Ingredients

Lady Fingers (भिन्डी) or Okra – 500 gram
Gram Flour (बेसन) – 2 tbsp.
Red Chilli (लाल मिर्च) Powder – 1/2 tsp.
Chaat Masala (गरम मसाला) – 1/2 tsp.
Dry Mango Powder (अमचूर) – 1/2 tsp.
Cumin (जीरा) Powder – 1/2 tsp.
Oil (तेल) for deep fry.
Salt (नमक) as per taste.

Directions

Wash and put dry the ladyfingers (भिन्डी) or okra, now cut top and bottom. Slice them into thin strips.
Lightly massage the okra with fingers, doing this some of the seeds will come out of the okras remove the seeds; it is not necessary to remove all the seeds.
Put the ladyfingers (भिन्डी) or okra in a bowl, add salt, red chilli powder, chaat masala, dry mango powder (अमचूर) and cumin (जीरा) powder and mix well. Ladyfingers (भिन्डी) or okra should be well coated with spices.
Let it sit for about 10 minutes. Okras will become moist because of the salt.
Sprinkle Gram flour (बेसन), mix slowly and keep mixing by lightly rubbing them until okras are coated well.
Heat oil in frying pan. Drop the slices into the hot oil and deep fry on medium heat till golden and crisp. Take the ladyfingers (भिन्डी) or okra out and place them on paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
Kurkuri or Kurmuri bhindi is ready to be served. Serve hot.

Notes

If you want sprinkle some chaat masala over fired okra before serving.

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