My MIL is here with us. Such a joy to have her here. She is a very good cook. She has lived in many cities of TamilNadu. Also a few years in North India. Her cooking has so much variety. I will introduce the basic sourashtrian 'ounty' with Ladies Finger flavor prepared by her.
Ingredients:
1. Tomato - 1 big
2. Okra - 15 to 20
3. Mustard - 1 teaspoon
4. Ounty powder - 1 tablespoon
5. Tamarind - A ping pong ball size
6. Toor Dal - 1 teaspoon
7. Gingelly oil - 1 ounce
8. Salt
Recipe:
1. Heat the oil in a cooker and pop the mustard seeds.
2. Add Toor Dal and bring it to a golden brown.
3. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry till they get smashed.
4. Add the cut okra. The cut size should be about an inch. Fry for a couple of minutes.
5. Add Ounty powder, salt and extracted tamarind water.
6. Add a cup of water and mix well.
7. Put the lid on and bring it to a whistle under medium flame.
8. Switch the flame off and wait till the steam is out.
9. Open the lid and boil the ounty for 5-10 minutes on a medium flame.
10. The ounty would have sufficiently thickened by now.
11. Serve it hot with white rice.
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