Ladies-finger with Oats..sounds a bit odd, right. I too had the same feeling when I read about this recipe. But as it was a Sanjeev Kapoor recipe, I was sure that it won't be bad. Tried it out the other day, and must say it was lipsmacking dish with the spiciness of the chilli and the tanginess of the mango powder. And moreover oats is considered as the staple food nowadays:))) considering the health benefits of this cereal such as low calorie food, helps to stop cravings, high in fibre, low in fat and high in proteins. Ah! what more do you want! Here goes the recipe of bhindi/ladies-finger with oats...
Ingredients
250 grams ladiesfinger/bhindi sliced diagonally
1 medium onion, chopped roughly
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
few curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon kashmiri chili powder(use less if you don't want it that spicy, this quantiy makes the dish very spicy)
1 teaspoon amchur/mango powder
salt
2 tablespoon oats
2 tablespoon oil
Method
- Heat oil in a pan. Add the cumin seeds. Once it starts to brown add the curry leaves and onion.
- Saute for a minute and then add the sliced ladiesfinger. Mix well.
- Add the turmeric powder, chili powder,salt and mango powder.
- Saute well for 4-5 minutes on a medium flame.
- Add the oats and saute for 2-3 minutes more.
- Switch off the flame and serve hot as a side dish with rice/chapathi and dal.
this sounds like an interesting side dish... thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThankyou Rafee
DeleteInteresting recipe !! Oats absorbs all the moisture from bhindi...looks like coconut is substituted by oats.So does this become side dish or since oats is there it become complete meal.:))Anyway I shd try this as I find it difficult to get coconut sometimes.:))
ReplyDeleteYes Meena, oats absorbs the moisture from the bhindi. Can't say it can substitute coconut ..yes it can substitute in the look but not in the taste:))
Deleteyummmm this sound very interesting to add oats to okara...love the concept and i agree to Meena Kumar it is a meal since it has oats...
ReplyDeleteThankyou Pooja.
DeleteYes, Meena and Pooja, I too had the feeling that this itself can be considered as a whole meal as it has oats in it, but as it was a bit spicy, it was not possible to have it as such. But you can reduce the amount of chilli and have it as a whole meal.
This is a very interesting recipe and so book marking :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Rekha
Deleteinteresting combo...I haven't tried this before..looks good
ReplyDeleteThankyou Gayathri, try it, its easy and tasty
DeleteSimple and interesting combo :) Thank u for stoping by my space! Love ur space and following u now! Would be glad if u follow me back :) shall stay connected :)
ReplyDeleteThankyou Aara, I am already following you dear:)_
DeleteThe combo turned out great. Actually why not because I have cooked oats with prawns yet with ladies fingers haven't. We love this veg and I do crispy fry them. Next round, the oats is going to be added together.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Nava. Ladiesfinger is a very tasty veg especially when its crispy.
DeleteAwesome and tempting :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Shanthi, for stopping by.
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