Mothersday Recipe - III Vendaikkai Pulunkari

Ingredients

1. Okra / Bhindi cut into pices - 1/2 kg
2. Tamarind - small lemon size
3. coconut oil - 1 tsp,mustard, u. dhal, dry red chilies, curry leaves - for seasoning.
4. turmeric powder, asaefotida,  - for color and odor
5. grates coconut - 1/4 th cup
6. 2 tbsps raw rice, 2-3 red chilies, methi seeds - 1/tsp - for dry roasting and powdering
7. Salt to taste

Steps

1. Keep a pan on fire.
2. Add coconut oil, all seasoning items.
3. After mustard splutters, add the bhindi.
4. Now add  salt,turmerics & hing.
5. Stir everything well.
6. Add salt & tamarind pulp.
7. Mix everything well and let it cook on medium flame (cover it up with a lid for faster cooking).
8. In a separate pan dry roast rice, methi & red chilies.
9. Grind dry roasted mixture to a coarse powder.
10. After bhindi is cooked well, keep it on low flame.
11. add coconut and dry roasted power.
12. Mix everything well and turn off the gas.!

Since this powder has a coarse texture, it tastes well and we call it Bhuru Bhuru - means something that's coarse. It's also called as pulunkari.

This could be made with tindora, etc.. also