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  1. For years I’ve wondered how to keep okra looking green without undercooking. My okra recipe is great but the okra does not stay green.

    Now you’ve shown me the trick. The recipe turned out amazing. I used can diced tomatoes in chilli.

  2. Wow! What a tasty and easy to make recipe! Served this last night with chana aloo & baingan. Family loved it and it was perfect for a cold Canadian night. Thank you!5 stars

  3. One of my favourite vegetable recipes! Unfortunately there is no bhindi where I live right now…5 stars

  4. Hello Dassana,

    we do not always get fresh okra where I live, so will this recipe work with frozen okra?

  5. This is an excellent Bhindi recipe. I have made it many times and is one of my go to’s. It’s easy and so good! I’ve also added fenugreek and Harrisa sauce sometimes.
    Frying the okra before adding to the recipe really works to keep it from getting slimy.5 stars

    1. Thank you for the review and the rating. Good to know. It is an easy recipe and frying okra works well and does not make them slimy. Thanks for sharing the variations too.

    2. Thank you Dassana. This is a great recipe! I had no idea that you are supposed to dry the okra before frying it. I add cumin seeds every time which makes the dish even more tasty. It can also be eaten with boiled rice.5 stars

      1. Welcome Angela. Drying okra always helps as it reduces the sliminess when cooking. Yes the dish can also be eaten with boiled rice. Thanks for the feedback and the rating.

  6. Bhendi masala is once in a week recipe in my home. I tried with spice powders from your recipe in place of my original sambhar powder. It came out well. Thanks for sharing delicious recipes.

  7. Brilliant recipe, very easy to follow. My husband has complemented me, I cook Bhindi Massala almost every week.5 stars

  8. Excellent recipe! You can also cut down or almost eliminate the sliminess in okra by microwaving the cut pieces (must be dry like you suggested) on high for about 5 minutes of so. Microwaving also helps in reducing the cooking time in the skillet.

    Keep up the great recipe stream. Thanks5 stars

  9. Made without onions and garlic, and it tasted lovely. Thanks for the recipe Dassana.

  10. Great recipe. First time ever that I cooked bindhi and it turned out lovely thanks to your guide. I cook without onions but hing is a simple replacement. i love tomatoes and the tomato base made this curry special. I also sauted small diced potatoes to add with the bhindi which did it for me. I have to say it was the best bhindi curry i had ever had so hats off to you. Even my wife was surprised / shocked and had to offer a compliment! thank you. –4 stars

  11. Hello ,I tried your Bhindi and Achar recipe and it was great .
    Love the flavors. Thanks Leila4 stars

  12. I tried this recipe. It was delicious. I have written it in my recipe book. Hats off to you for your devotion to share recipes and making this site great!5 stars

  13. Hello! I just wanted to thank you for sharing this recipe. I love Lady’s Finger and have been searching for an Indian Lady’s finger recipe for a while now. I tried this and it tasted so good.5 stars

  14. I live in a pg just because of you i learned how to cook your every reciepe is so good i just love it thank you so much…5 stars

  15. Hi my name is Anita I live in Canada so thought of trying something me thing new I found your recipe in line. I just made the bhindi masala and it looks and tastes faboulous. I also learned that I can add tomatoes and fry it before to not get it sticky. Thanks for the ever tasty recipe.5 stars

  16. Looks awesome. How do you stop bhindi changing colour and keep it bright green like restaurants?
    Many thanks

  17. Thanx for such easy and lovely recipes. I really loved the recipes and I also enjoyed trying it at my home!!!!

  18. The recipe looks great! I’m excited to try it. I’m just learning and find it hard to gauge salt. how much should I start with? Thanks!

  19. I tried this recipe n it tasted good.

    Your recipes are easy to follow, specially because you add pictures at every step.

    I want to improve it the next time I make so Pls let me know how much time I should fry it initially to remove stickiness.

    Thank you again for posting such easy to make receipes

  20. what is difference between malwani masala and kanda lasun masala. in this recipe can I add malwani masala?

    1. malwani masala has different spices used in it than kanda lahsun masala. in malwani masala, onions and garlic are not used. in this recipe, malwani masala will give a different taste. so what i suggest is just add 1/2 tsp of malwani masala instead of garam masala powder.

  21. One way to minimize the slime, is to microwave the cut okra pieces for about 4 minutes on high, then mix and microwave for another 3 minutes or so. Following the microwaving, you can continue with frying. I found this will drastically reduces the slime in okra.

  22. I love this bhindi recipe-a big family pleaser! Can I substitute frozen okra for fresh? Also, can this dish be made a day in advance and still taste delicious? Thanks for your inspiration!4 stars

    1. thanks bina. yes you can substitute. you can make in advance but some taste and consistency will change. but as per ayurveda its best to eat food fresh as it is more satvic and has more prana (life force).

  23. Hi
    Tried bhindi masala…loved it..And you know the look & smile which you get once your child eats and says it was good..that’s priceless..Thanks so much for posting such easy recipes..I try each alternate day your recipe and thanks again, my son has started actually eating veggies with the recipes I try. thanks to you once again!! :):)5 stars

  24. tried paneer butter masala which was truly a restaurant style and bhindi masala was awesome. every one loved it thanks for simple and easy to make reciepes god bless

  25. Thankyou Dassana ji finally I got tasty recipe of bhindi by u.All of your recipes
    are vry good also really.Thanks once again byeeeee4 stars

  26. This was a great recipe. I am not fond of bhindi but I enjoyed it. It was very easy and quick to make. All of your recipes come out great. Thanks for this amazing website!5 stars

  27. Hi,

    I tried this recipe with chapati today. It was very tasty and my husband liked it although most of the time he does not like the taste of what i cook. Thanks a lot. Thank u so much5 stars

  28. Looks like a good recipe and will attempt to try it out tomorrow. I was just wondering if adding sweet potato will ruin the flavour of the masala and if i should steer clear of adding it in?

  29. Wow….each step’s detail is so intricate as if you are standing beside me in my kitchen and telling me like my mom does…you are true teacher and a big help to us people who never got the time to explore our culinary skills!5 stars

  30. Heyy dassana, tried bhindi masala today and it came out awesomely well. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Your website is the GOTO thing for me when I am confused as to what to cook 🙂5 stars

  31. To say the least, your recipe nailed it once again ! ! ! I was always skeptical about bhindi but it turns out, i’m no more feeling that way. I just got motivated by your detailed and excellent presentation and got through my initial jitters of trying bhindi. That’s what makes your blog extremely catchy to its readers. Every aspect of each recipe that you have listed has a contribution to make to the end result of the dish, just like how your presentation of the final dish threw me off the aisle of hesitation. Thank you once again for taking care of the smallest of things for your readers.5 stars

    1. welcome hemanth. thanks again for your kind words. i always try to add details but some times i forget. some of my old recipes do not have so many details and i am reworking on them slowly. its just that i am also learning the art of writing and presenting recipes over a period of time.

  32. I am a bachelor living in Kuala Lumpur. Used to eat everyday outside. But since I have started reading your recipes, I have started loving cooking.
    Believe me, you saved me from starving.
    Now everyday, I am cooking of your recipe after office.
    Thanks.5 stars

  33. hi…im a regular follower of ur blogs recepies…love to cook them they make cooking simple for me…thanks a lot
    just wanted to know abt this recipe that if i dont put mace will it make a difference as i dnt have it at home for now..

  34. Thank you for such a great recipe! I’ve made this successfully with fresh okra. Can I use frozen okra with similar results?5 stars

  35. I tried this recipe and its awesome. I have no hesitation in saying that first time in my life i liked bhindi cooked by me. My husband just loved it and couldn’t stop eating. I would love to try many more of ur recipes. Thank you.5 stars

  36. hey
    its really amazing appetizing bhindi masala that i made today for my family ..
    thanks for recipe…
    its really fantastic…5 stars

  37. Hi ,
    this recipe really too good.
    I ve tried it in dinner…,and my hubby liked this very well.
    I did not use aamchur 4m all. and I added jeera powder also…. it came very delicious.
    thank you so much for uploading this recipe.
    All d best for upload many in future.

  38. Everyone loved it. My husband usually does not like okra and he said he loved the dish. thanks!4 stars

  39. I was confused at first. Next time, can you be more clear about removing the bhindi from the pan before frying the onions? I really enjoyed this recipe, please continue to make more!4 stars

    1. i have mentioned this point in the step by step post. i think that itself is clear with the pics. thats why i have not added in the recipe details below. now i have added this point. thanks.

  40. This is a great recipe! Non slimy okra…delicious
    Did not use all ingredient spices…eg mango powder, but made little difference to the final taste5 stars

  41. Hi
    Thanks for the easy recipe, could you please confirm if kasuri methi is regular methi seeds
    Thanks
    Smitha

  42. this is soo different to how i make it i brown the onions put tomatoes salt green chillies then i addd water and then add basaar (powdered red chilli) and then add the bhindi it is so much easier i think anyway i will be trying this method soon … 😉

  43. The recipe sounds very good and appears simple. I hope to try it soon and will follow with a comment.5 stars

  44. Hi Dassana,

    I guess I have got your name correct this time. I tried out this too…simply awesome…it came out very well…thanks for all these simple yet wonderfull recipes…Video really helped a lot…It got a lil spicy probably because I used more of red chilli powder…And by the way i never had dry mango or the kasuri methi in my kitchen so far…Thanks to you i have added them now.

    I hope my hubby will enjoy the same.

    Looking forward to try out lots of other recipes too.

    Happy cooking!5 stars

  45. I just found this recipe on google and tried it out (I subbed canned tomatoes for fresh). It was so delicious and made my house smell incredible. Thank you!!

  46. I have been a fan of bhindi masala, but my recipe never used to turn out well. Today I tried your recipe and it tasted like they serve in restaurants. Everyone at home enjoyed eating it. Thank you very much.

  47. I used this recipe to make my first bhindi masala. It was very good. I didn’t realize that I was supposed to remove the okra from the pan before adding the tomatoes (“in the same pan” confused me), but the final product was great nonetheless.5 stars

    1. okay. you must have missed reading the line “remove and keep aside”… not sure how you must have cooked the onions and tomatoes with the sauteed bhindi. but anyways nice to know that the recipe finally turned out great.

  48. I love Indian food for that I am very interest for all kind of good food . I am also good cook.

    So I am looking some special food recipes .

    Thanks

    Reena Zabeen .

  49. Hello,

    I loved the recipe! It was my first attempt at cooking Indian food and it turned out well. I was unfamiliar with several of these spices and was uncomfortable adjusting the spices so I followed the recipe to the letter.

    Question: What would I add to create some heat to this recipe? Of course, I could add Cayenne Pepper powder but what Indian spice would be added to be consistent with the recipe?

    Tks

    1. thanks kevin for the feedback. with a lot of indian cooking, you will get an idea of how the spices work and in which manner they contribute to the dish. to add heat, generally red chili powder or even green chilies are used. a paste of ginger-garlic also adds some warmth. also garam masala powder adds heat to the dish. so adjusting these spices and increasing them a bit will add more heat. however if added too much they can spoil the balance of flavors in this dish.

  50. This my daughters fav, and lovely pictures as always…love the new look…especially the header…. kudos to both of you.

  51. Looks great, easy peasy and healthy recipe!!
    I love the whole okra shot in specific, the precision is perfect.

  52. Hi Dassana,

    Lovely pictures and presentation as well.. Yesterday only i did this.. Only variation is i grinded onion and tomates along garlic,ginger and few aniseeds just to give some variation and then as mentioned in your receipe all the spicy powders..

    Will try this also for sure.. Keep posting and you are doing a absolute awesome job… 🙂4 stars

  53. I love bhindi, in any form!
    My Father dislikes it and would never eat any – I was happy, I got his share too!
    It’s been a while since i made bhindi-anything, guess it will be on the menu this week!

      1. I hated okra as a kid as we always had it boiled with little seasoning. This recipe has changed my mind. It was completely delicious.