Bhindi Curry Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	15 min
Cook time	30 min
Total time	45 min
Serves	3 servings

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Ingredients

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for onion tomato paste:

• 1 onion (roughly chopped)
• 2 to mato (roughly chopped)
• 3 clove garlic
• 1 inch ginger
• 10 whole cashew / kaju
• 5 badam / almonds
• 2 cup water

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other ingredients:

• 2-3 tbsp oil
• 10 okra / bhindi (chopped)
• 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
• 2 cloves / lavang
• 1 bay leaf / tej patta
• ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
• 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
• ½ tsp coriander powder
• ¼ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder
• 1 tsp salt
• ¼ cup curd / yogurt (whisked)
• 1 cup water
• 2 tbsp cream
• ¼ tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves (crushed)

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Instructions

1. firstly, prepare onion tomato paste.
2. now heat kadai with 2 tbsp oil and saute 10 okra.
3. further heat 2 tbsp oil and saute spices till they turn aromatic.
4. now add in prepared onion tomato paste and saute for a minute.
5. cover and simmer for 10 minutes or till onion paste gets cooked completely.
6. add in ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp coriander powder, ¼ tsp cumin powder and 1 tsp salt. saute on low flame.
7. further add ¼ cup curd keeping the flame on low and stir continuously.
8. also add 1 cup of water and mix well.
9. now add fried bhindi and give a mix.
10. boil for 2 minutes or till bhindi absorbs masala.
11. add in 2 tbsp cream, ¼ tsp garam masala and 1 tsp kasuri methi. mix well.
12. finally, serve shahi bhindi masala with roti or paratha.

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Step-by-step

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Video

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Notes

• firstly, cook the bhindi well before adding to gravy. else you might end up with sticky bhindi.
• also, keep the flame on low and whisk the curd well before adding, else curd might curdle.
• additionally, add more cream to make shahi masala more creamy.
• finally, shahi bhindi masala taste great when prepared more creamy.