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You are here: Home / Dry Vegetarian Side Dishes / Vendakka Avial Recipe – Make Avial Recipe with Okra

Vendakka Avial Recipe – Make Avial Recipe with Okra

November 23, 2015 33 Comments

Bhindi Aviyal Recipe

TH and I are both Okra (vendakka in tamil and malayalam) haters. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word, but definitely its a strong dislike. But being my mother’s daughter, ignoring any vegetable is not my thing, so I still continue to buy it and make things that take out the slimy feel from it, cuz that’s what we both hate. My mom frequently makes Kerala Aviyal Recipe, with all possible vegetables and a generous amount of coconut. So I wasn’t too familiar with this particular version of aviyal until I asked her for recipes with Okra (that takes out the sliminess!).

The only considerable difference in Vendakka Aviyal is the addition of tamarind. It gives it a nice tangy flavour and disguises the undesirable parts of the vegetable beautifully.

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Vendakka Avial Recipe
Serves 2

Ingredients:
Okra / Vendakka / Ladies finger : 10 nos.
Grated coconut : 1/2 cup
Shallots : 5-6
Tamarind paste : 2 tbsp
Powdered Jeera/Cumin : 1 tsp
Chilli powder : 1 tsp
Curry leaves, mustard : for tempering
Coconut oil : 2 tbsp
Salt : to taste

How I Made It:

1. Chop the okra in 1″ pieces and cook in some salted water till soft.

2. Coarsely grind the coconut, shallots, jeera and chilli with very little water.

3. Heat coconut oil in a kadai and temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add the ground paste and fry for 10 seconds. Then add the okra pieces and the tamarind paste. Keep covered and cook for 2 mins till the curry has mixed well.

4. Adjust salt and remove from fire.

Serve hot with rice.

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  1. Fearless Kitchen

    April 1, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    I'm a huge okra fan, so this recipe looks fantastic to me. I usually find that using frozen okra reduces the sliminess of the vegetable.

    Reply
  2. Swati Raman Garg

    April 1, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    TH 🙂 iam a die hard okra lover… and this avial sure soungs good with that tamarind flavor…

    Reply
  3. Nags

    February 7, 2010 at 1:27 am

    That'so sweet, thanks Keerthi 🙂

    Reply
  4. keerthi

    February 6, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    Hey "nags"
    Dunno even your name but you've been a total saviour of mine…started out with your hyderabadi bagara baigan n tonight gonna try this one…between there've been so many more and thats left me and dad with a full tummy every dinner…hopfefully he wont miss mom's cooking till she comes back!! Thanks soo much!! 🙂 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    August 27, 2008 at 9:29 am

    Is the coconut used fresh or dried?

    Reply
  6. Nags

    August 27, 2008 at 9:38 am

    I used fresh and that tastes best, but anything goes 🙂

    Reply
  7. Nags

    June 21, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    shreya!! its so nice that you still visit my blog 🙂 thanks for the tips and vendakka rasam sounds great but i am sure TH won’t touch it 😀

    Reply
  8. Anonymous

    June 21, 2008 at 5:23 am

    Hi Nags, I love this dish, and I make this quite often.If you want more vendakka recipes (one being vendakka rasam)- let me know,I can give atleast 3 more that will take out the sliminess (if that’s the word)! It’s my daughter’s fav and my hubby’s and mine too:-) We make it atleast 2ce a wk, and so a kilo a week of it is inevitable!Also, the mango curry – is something I make whenever i get raw mangoes, as i love the tangy taste-try adding the raw mango chutney recipe too.If mangoes are too sour, you can try adding a tsp or two of melted jaggery. It’s really yum!waiting for next post- love,shreya.

    Reply
  9. Andhra Flavors

    June 19, 2008 at 1:37 am

    I love okara, but here it little bit expensive. nice recipe with okra.

    Reply
  10. Usha

    June 18, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    I have never tried making aviyal with okra should try it sometime

    Reply
  11. Miri

    June 18, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    First time I have heard of this dish and it looks very yummy! 🙂

    By the way, you can change it to DH (dear husband) when he’s in your good books! 🙂

    Reply
  12. SoupRecipe

    June 18, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Hi,nice blog…
    I want exchange link with your blog, my blog is about soup recipe. Please leave me a message if you wanna exchange link with me. Thank you.

    Reply
  13. Asha

    June 18, 2008 at 11:09 am

    Beautiful dish girl, I love Okra but hard to get it here other than frozen ones. Great recipe Nags, glad to see you posting!:)

    Reply
  14. Sukanya Ramkumar

    June 18, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    WOW… This sounds so tasty. Looks great also. YUM!

    Reply
  15. Swati Raman Garg

    June 18, 2008 at 6:53 am

    TH 🙂 iam a die hard okra lover… and this avial sure soungs good with that tamarind flavor…

    Reply
  16. Sireesha

    June 18, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Hi nags ,visiting ur blog for the first time.U have nice and lovely blog.
    My Mother makes this quite often and I love it very much…..looks very good Nags.

    Reply
  17. Cooking Station

    June 18, 2008 at 2:41 am

    a new recipe for me will surely try coz we love okra. Glad to stumble upon another Singapore blogger.

    Reply
  18. Siri

    June 18, 2008 at 2:24 am

    I am a duteous Okra lover Nags (unlike u and ur ‘TH’). Avial looks yummy.. addition of Tamarind is new to me!

    will try it out!

    Hugs,
    Siri

    Reply
  19. notyet100

    June 18, 2008 at 2:22 am

    hi hve come to invite u to my blog tocollect ur award,..

    Reply
  20. Laavanya

    June 17, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    My MIL makes this quite often and I love it… looks very good Nags.

    Reply
  21. skribles

    June 17, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Innovative recipe! Okra avial with tamarind 🙂 … the combi of these 3 are new to me.
    I love okra as well as avial, so this is a must try for me. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  22. Vanamala

    June 17, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Lovely dish..

    Reply
  23. Mansi Desai

    June 17, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    that sounds great Nags! after making my coconut-peanut bhindi masala, I’ve become a huge okra fan too!:)

    btw, you can send this to Suganya for AFAM-Coconut also!:)

    Reply
  24. sra

    June 17, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Hi Nags, how are you? I’ve never come across this dish, nor any other which requires this vegetable to be boiled. I always thought ladies finger + water = slime. 🙂

    Reply
  25. Happy cook

    June 17, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Well nags i am not wild about okra, mostly it is in sambat we used at home or the other dish i have no idea wht it is called, it is a dry dish.

    Reply
  26. Roopa

    June 17, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Thats a new recipe for me:) Vendakka in avial! Wow nice combo Nags:) Must try one:) Next time I think of making avial I am gonna make this:)

    Reply
  27. bhagyashri

    June 17, 2008 at 10:32 am

    What a coincidence Nags, I just posted about my love for Okra! Never came across this type of preparation, but will surely try this sometime.

    Reply
  28. Sia

    June 17, 2008 at 9:16 am

    i love, love and simply love okara. so this innovative recipe is a must try. coconut, okra and tamarind-i can already taste it 🙂

    Reply
  29. Fearless Kitchen

    June 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    I’m a huge okra fan, so this recipe looks fantastic to me. I usually find that using frozen okra reduces the sliminess of the vegetable.

    Reply
  30. Rachel

    June 17, 2008 at 6:10 am

    I’m one as well who isn’t fond of the sliminess…I like it stir fried….

    Reply
  31. Sig

    June 17, 2008 at 5:18 am

    Oohhhhhhh is this the first “TH” mention? 😀 I’m sure there are many more coming…

    Vendakka aviyal, huh? Never heard of it!! I love vendakka including some of the slimy preparations… This looks good. Thanks for the entry N…

    Reply
  32. Aparna

    June 17, 2008 at 4:00 am

    I’ll take your word for it that this works for okra.:) Looks good though.
    I like okra as long as it is stirfried and dry, otherwise I give it a miss!

    Reply
  33. Nags

    June 17, 2008 at 11:47 am

    Sig – Yes, I think this is the first official TH mention 😀

    I think okra is like the fruit durian that’s available in plenty here in Singapore. You either hate it or you love it.

    Reply

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