Thursday, October 22, 2009

Ladies finger /okra/vendaikai soup
















Soup is a very good appetizer.Normally when the ladies finger is really hard we will not use them but with such ladies finger we can make soup.People who want to have fiber can eat it or just drink the soup

Ingredients:

Ladies finger - 4(chop then to 1 inch pieces)
Onion - 1/2 the medium sized
Tomato - 2 medium sized
Green chilly - 1 no
Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
Pepper (powder)- 1/2 teaspoon
Moong dhal(paasi parupu) - 2 table spoons
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Bay leaves - 1 inch piece
Ghee- 1 1/ table spoon
Milk - 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves - little for seasoning
Salt- As needed

Method

1.Cook the moong dhal in cooker till it becomes very very soft(usually 3 pressures might be ok).

2.In a tawa add the ghee when it melts add cinnamon, bay leaves,Soambu after few seconds add ladies finger fry it until its slimy thing goes off the add onion when it turns golden brown then add tomato when then to gets fried add green chilly then add turmeric powder,pepper and stir them for 1 minute.

3.Now add the cooked moondhal to it all see to it that the water content is slightly more than 3 cups stir it little and cover it with lid.

4.After 5 minutes the ladies finger will be cooked now add salt then turn the heat off and add 1/4 cup of milk. Finally transfer it to bowl and season it with coriander leaves.

Healthy soup is ready. You can replace ghee by oil.


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