Dahi Bhendi/ Bendakaya Perugu kura

Ingredients

 Dahi bhendi recipe

Okra/Bhendi/Bendakaya  - wash, clean, dry and cut in big chunks. Fry is oil and keep them aside

Oil for tadka

Jeera

Garam Masala - 1 spoon 

Turmeric 

Red chilli powder

Curd/Dahi/Perugu 

Tomatoes

Cashews - handful

Onion - finely chopped

Besan  - to get thickness (1 spoon or so)

Salt to taste

Method of preparation

- Take a kadai, and add couple of spoons of oil. Add the cut bhendi and fry them until they slightly changed color or until they leave the sticky feeling

- Beat curd and keep it aside.

- Grind the tomato's, Cashews together into a fine paste

- Take a pan/kadai and add one spoon or two spoons or oil to it. Add Jeera and finely chopped onion.

- Once the onion are fried add the tomato cashew paste to it and cook for couple of minutes until raw smell is gone. Add turmeric, red chilli powder, salt, garam masala to it and mix together

- Add Besan to the gravy and let it cook for a minute here. 

- Add the beaten curd now and cook uncovered for couple of minutes. The oil will start to ooze out once the gravy is ready. 

- At this point, add the fried bhendi to the gravy, cover and cook for a minute or two at max and take it off the flame. Your yummy curry is ready.

Simple Onion Tomato noodle Soup - (Indian Style)

This became one of my favorites after I tried making it for a rainy day. It was done in less than 10 minutes including preparation and satisfies my indian hunger as well as trying out something different other than rice, roti, pasta etc.

Ingredients
Red Onion - 1 no. - Cubed
Tomatos - cut in big chunks
Vegetable Stock - 2 cups
noodles - cooked (fast cooking ones)
Kura Karam (very important)
Salt to taste
Very little oil/butter
little jeera (Cumin) - totally optional - I like to add it to soothe the stomach

Method of preparation
Add little oil in a kadai/pan. Add the chopped onions. Let them saute for a minute. Now add the tomato's along with little salt. Allow them to cook for a minute. Now add the Vegetable Stock and noodles to this along with the Kura karam and salt. Cover and cook until it emits a nice flavorful smell. Add cilantro at end (optional) and serve along with a piece of baked/toasted bread. Sprinkle cheese , spring onions for kids to make it more attractive for them.

I hope you guys try it too!!!

Note:
(1) if the noodles are not fast cooking ones then precook the noodles and add after the vegetable stock is hot.
(2) if noodles are fast cooking ones where the instructions say add only hot water to it, then add it at same time as vegetable stock, so those get cooked too along with soup.