👨‍🍳🍅 Tomato Curry & Fried Okra 🍛 An Ital Recipe 💚💛❤️

This curry is one our family's favorite dishes, and also one of the only ways we can get the @KidSisters to eat okra. 🍛

Okra just doesn't get the respect it deserves, and most people that don't like it have had the unfortunate experience of eating a slimy mess.

🍅 Tomato Curry & Fried Okra 👨‍🍳 An Ital Recipe 🍛

Okra was used in the most recent recipe I posted on Hive, and here it is again. "Why?" Well, okra is cheap and healthy, and honestly, that's reason enough for us in these tough times.

🍅 Ingredients 🧅

Tomato Curry ⋆ red onions - 1 or 2 ⋆ bay leaf - 1 ⋆ tomatoes - 10 (3 cups puréed) ⋆ ginger - thumb-sized piece ⋆ green chilies - 2 or 3 ⋆ cumin seeds - 1 tsp ⋆ coriander powder - 2 tsp ⋆ turmeric powder - ½ tsp ⋆ chili powder - ¾ tsp ⋆ sea salt - 1 tsp ⋆ cane/palm sugar 2 tsp	Fried Okra ⋆ okra - 350 to 400 g ⋆ besan - ½ cup ⋆ sea salt - 1 tsp ⋆ cumin seeds - 1 tsp ⋆ amchoor (mango powder) - 1 tsp ⋆ coriander powder - 1 tbsp ⋆ chili powder - ¾ tsp

As I make this post, I realize the knob of ginger and palm sugar were left in the kitchen during the above photo. You need them even if they aren't in the photo, just so you know.

👨‍🍳 Cooking Method 🔪

TOMATO CURRY

STEP 1 Wash the vegetables, then dice the onions and cut the okra in half lenghtwise and in half. Purée the tomatoes, green chilies, ginger and keep aside. Place the sliced okra in the besan spice mix.
STEP 2 Heat 2 tbsp of oil in pan and saute the onions with the bay leaf. When the onions are translucent, reduce the heat and sauté gently until the onions begin to caramelize.
STEP 3 When the onions are caramelized a bit, add teh cumin seeds and hing and sauté a few minutes. When the onions are translucent, reduce the heat and sauté gently until the onions begin to caramelize.
STEP 4 Add the coriander powder, chili powder, turmeric, salt and sugar, and sauté until the oil begins to leave the spices.
STEP 5 Add the coriander powder, chili powder, turmeric, salt and sugar.
STEP 6 Sauté until the oil and spices begin to separate.
STEP 7 Add the tomato-ginger-chili purée, increase the heat little and bring to a simmer.
STEP 8 Simmer for 5 minutes until the tomato curry has thickened a little.

FRIED OKRA

STEP 1 Place the okra and besan spice mix in a suitably sized container with a tight lid. Shake and roll until the besan coats the okra well.
STEP 2 Fry in small batches in a pan of shallow oil until lightly browned. Place on a paper towel to cool and absorb some oil.

Congratulations!! You just made tomato curry and fried okra. Pat yourself on the back, brag to your cat, goldfish, or loved one, and build a pyramid of fried okra on top of your tomato curry to enjoy with some brown rice.