Mor Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

Lady's finger/okra - 4

buttermilk - 2 cups

turmeric - 1/2tspoon

coriander seeds - 1tspoon

urad dal - 1tspoon

coconut grated - 2 tspoons

ginger grated - 1 tspoon

curry leaves - 4-5 nos

red chillies - 2 nos

green chilly - 2 nos

cumin seed - 1/2 tspoon

mustard seed - 1/2tspoon

salt - 1 tspoon

asafoetida - a pinch

oil

Preparation method:

Step1: cut the lady's finger into small pieces and fry it in a pan with 1tspoon of oil for about 5-6mins and keep it aside.

Step2: fry the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal in a pan Without oil until they turn light brown, let it cool for a couple of mins and then add coconut , ginger,green chillies and grind them together into a paste by adding lilttle water.

Step3: Add 1/2 tspoon of turmeric to 2 cups of buttermilk and boil it for 5 mins in medium heat...now add the already fried lady's finger / okra, asafoetida and the ground paste and stir it properly and let it further boil for 4-5 mins and then turn off the heat.

Step4: seasoning heat 1 tspoon of coconut oil in a pan , add mustard seeds ,red chillies and curry leaves, once the mustard seeds splutters add this to the buttermilk gravy prepared.

mor (buttermilk) kuzhambu(gravy) is a very tasty south Indian dish goes well with rice :-)

sarvam krishna arpanam!