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Ladies finger Tamarind Kootu

October 16, 2009 by PadhuSankar 8 Comments

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This vendakkai kootu is very common in my home and is a favorite among my kids. Not many make kootu with ladies finger. If you have not tried making this kootu, I recommend you to try this dish. It is called vendakkai puli kootu as we use tamarind for preparing this. This is my mother’s style of making vendakkai kootu with tomatoes. My aunty makes vendakkai puli pachadi without tomatoes but my kids do not like that. Today let us learn how to make Okra/Ladies finger kootu or vendakkai puli kootu following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

vendakkai kootu

Watch the video of making Vendakkai Kootu

 How to make Vendakkai Puli Kootu

Ingredients needed

Ladies finger – ½ kg (around 3 cups chopped)
Ripe tomatoes – 3 medium size or 1 cup chopped
Green chillies – 3 slit
Tamarind – small gooseberry sized ball
Sambar powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt as needed
Rice flour – 1 tsp

For the seasoning

Oil – 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Hing – a pinch
Curry leaves – a sprig

Preparation

Wash ladies finger well and wipe it dry otherwise it will be sticky. Discard the head and the tail and cut it into roundels.

Soak tamarind in hot water for 20 minutes and extract 1 cup of diluted tamarind water. Discard the pulp. If using tamarind paste, dilute 3/4 tsp of paste with a cup of water. You do not need much tamarind for this dish.

Method

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add hing and curry leaves.

Then add ladies finger, turmeric powder, sambar powder, green chillies, salt needed and cook on medium heat.

ladysfinger kootu-1

When the ladies finger is three fourth cooked, add finely chopped tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes.

ladysfinger kootu-2

Then add diluted tamarind extract and boil well on medium heat till the raw flavor goes.

Mix 1 tsp of rice flour with 1/4 cup of water without lumps. It is added to thicken the kootu slightly. Add the rice flour mixture to the kootu and cook on medium heat for another 5 minutes.

Turn off the heat. The consistency of this vendakkai kootu should neither be thick nor too thin.

ladysfinger kootu-3

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve as a side dish for  rasam or sambar or you can make any thogayal along with this. Thuvaiyal and kootu is a good combination.

Note – If you kootu is tangy and very sour, you have added more tamarind. Reduce the tamarind the next time when you make this kootu. Tamarind water should be very thin.

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Vendakkai Puli Pachadi
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Ladies finger Kootu-Vendakkai Kootu
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Ladiesfinger Puli Kootu is a tamarind based dish prepared with ladiesfinger, tomato and spices. It goes very well with rice. It is a very common everyday dish in Tamil Brahmin household.

Course: Kootu Recipes, Side Dish
Cuisine: South Indian
Servings: 4 persons
Ingredients
Ingredients needed
  • 500 grams Lady's finger (around 3 cups chopped)
  • 3 Ripe tomatoes (3 medium size or 1 cup chopped)
  • 3 slit Green chillies
  • Tamarind (small gooseberry sized ball)
  • 2 tsp Sambar Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt as needed
  • 1 tsp Rice Flour
For the Seasoning
  • 3 tbsp Oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 pinch Asafoedita/hing
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
Preparations
  1. Wash ladies finger well and wipe it dry otherwise it will be sticky. Discard the head and the tail and cut it into roundels.

  2. Soak tamarind in hot water for 20 minutes and extract 1 cup of diluted tamarind water. Discard the pulp. If using tamarind paste, dilute 3/4 tsp of paste with a cup of water. You do not need much tamarind for this dish.

Method
  1. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add hing and curry leaves.

  2. Then add ladies finger, turmeric powder, sambar powder, green chillies, salt needed and cook on medium heat.

  3. When the ladies finger is three fourth cooked, add finely chopped tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes.

  4. Then add diluted tamarind extract and boil well on medium heat till the raw flavor goes.

  5. Mix 1 tsp of rice flour with 1/4 cup of water without lumps. Add the rice flour mixture to the kootu and cook on medium heat for another 5 minutes and switch off the heat. The consistency of this vendakkai kootu should neither be thick nor too thin.

  6. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

  7. Serve as a side dish for rasam or sambar or you can make any thogayal along with this.

Recipe Notes

If you kootu is tangy and very sour, you have added more tamarind. Reduce the tamarind the next time when you make this kootu. Tamarind water should be very thin.

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  1. Sushma Mallya

    October 16, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Hi…wish u and your family a very happy & a prosperous diwali..hope it bring u lots of happiness and luck…have a great time and take care…and nice recipe as well…looks healthy and delicious

    Reply
  2. Nags

    October 17, 2009 at 1:56 am

    hello Padhu. Thanks for visiting my site. I see that you have a lot of traditional dishes in here. Keep them coming 🙂

    Reply
  3. sachi

    May 11, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    Hellow Padhu,
    I am in Delhi and fond of your receipes. Recently I tadted a koottu of Bindi with coconut and it was a bit tanks also.It tasted yummy.If you have any thing of this sort please post.
    Sachidanandan

    Reply
  4. Thanneru Lavanya

    September 19, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Hi padhu,
    I always like ur recipes and tried them out also.

    Reply
  5. Nagalaxmi KS

    August 25, 2015 at 11:51 am

    Very nice recipe, I like ur recipes which is almost similar to my grandma's preparations, and I remembered her

    Reply
  6. Unknown

    February 14, 2017 at 6:54 am

    Hi padhu I'm very big fan of ur recipes I often cook in ur style really love it thank u so much.

    Reply
  7. sundar rangarajan

    May 12, 2017 at 6:38 am

    Hi,
    Your recipes are excellent and easy to try.I am benefited very much from your posts.
    sundar
    chennai

    Reply
  8. najumudeen raja

    July 7, 2018 at 5:38 am

    Nice

    Reply

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