OKRA WITH SESAME TAMARIND

Ingredients:
Okra - 100 gms
Red chillies - 6-8
Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
Coriander seeds- 1 tbsp
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Tamarind - small lemon size
Mustard seeds  -1/2 tsp
fenugreek seeds  - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Oil - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

Method:

• Soak and extract juice from tamarind approx 1 1/2 cups. Add chopped okra, turmeric and salt to tamarind water and bring to boil.
• Boil until the raw flavour of tamarind is lost.
• Heat one tsp of oil; roast sesame seeds, red chillies and coriander seeds for one minute. Dry roast coconut until it turns light brown in colour.
• Grind all the fried ingredients into smooth paste by adding little water.
• Add this paste to the okra and allow to cook few more minutes.
• Heat the remaining oil; add mustard, fenugreek and curry leaves. Allow mustard to crackle and pour it over curry.
• Lastly add chopped coriander leaves.