Simple n tasty Ladies Finger Buttermilk Curry / Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu Recipe

 Ladiesfinger Buttermilk Curry / Vendakka Mor Kuzhambu is one of the delicious and simple curry among the south-indian recipe. It is easy to make and goes well with any vegetable roast especially with potato roast.

Lets learn the simple method of making tasty ladies finger buttermilk curry.

Ingredients :

Buttermilk - 1 lt
Onion - 1/2 of 1 (finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 (finely chopped)
Ladies Finger / Vendakkai - 1/2 kg (cleaned n cut into medium pieces)
Water - 1 cup
Salt to taste

For Grinding :

Grated Coconut - 5 tbsp
Bengal Gram dal - 2 tbsp (soaked)
Garlic - 2
Green Chilly - 4
Curry Leaves - 4 leaves
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

For Seasoning :

Oil - 3 tbsp (1 tbsp + 2 tbsp)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1 pinch
Dried red chilly - 3 ( broken into pieces)
Ginger - 1 inch (crushed)
Asafoedita  - 1/4 tsb
Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek powder - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 string

Method :

In a blender, grind all the grinding ingredients altogether into a fine paste with 1/2 cup of water.
Keep it aside.

Heat a pan with 2 tbsp of oil. Add Ladies finger with salt and  fry it for 5 minutes in a lower flame. Keep it separate.

To this pan, add n saute onion n tomato one by one for 3 minutes. Add grounded coconut paste into this pan with 1/2 cup of water and bring to boil. Cook for 5 minutes or until raw flavour goes. Reduce the flame to lower.

Now add fried ladies finger, buttermilk and salt. Mix it well. Switch-off the flame.

Heat a seasoning pan with 1 tbsp of oil. Add n fry all the seasoning ingredients one by one in a lower flame until mustard seeds stops spluttering.  Do it carefully...don't burn in a higher flame.

Add this seasoning into the buttermilk curry. Mix it well n keep it aside without lid until the curry cools down completely.

Delicious and tasty Ladies finger buttermilk curry is ready to serve.

Love Cook Joy.