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Bhindi Ki Subzi

Underwent a culinary mood change today and I feel like sharing the recipie for my 'bhindi ki subzi' :

Ingredients:

500 gm Bhindi, 1 Medium Onion, Ginger Garlic paste, Cooking Oil (tastes better in mustard oil), Haldi, Jeera, ,Red chilli powder, Garam Masala, Dhaniya powder, Hing (asafoetida) if available, Lemon Juice, Salt

Quantities have not been mentioned since I assumed the reader has a basic idea of cooking.

Procedure:

Wash and dry the bhindi thoroughly.

Throw away the top cap and cut the bhindi into thin circles (not the long side)

Chop the onion finely and saunte it in a frying pan with about 1 tbs oil. Flame should be low.

When the onion starts getting soft, add all the masala.

When the masala gets mixed, add the jeera in a little oil and see that it turns black.

Add the GG paste and keep the mixture moving till the onions start getting pinkish-brown.

Add the cut bhindi and satrt stirring the curry gently.

Add about 10 drops of lemon juice to the curry. It will help prevent the bhindi from sticking to each other.

Continue stirring and frying the bhindi till it becomes soft to the touch and all the masala has stuck to the bhindi. If the curry startes sticking to the base, add very little water (alternately, half a tomato can be used).

Add salt to taste and serve hot.

Tastes best with home made phulkas and dal or rajma as accompaniment.

The Million Dollar Buddha

This pic was taken during my trip to the Innovative Film city in bangalore. The laughing statue in the pic is actually made out of shredded dollar bills which were then plastinated to give it this shape. It is believed that the total amount of currency this statue needed was close to a million dollars. It is a common belief that rubbing the stomach of the laughing buddha helps you get lucky. Here I am trying the same :)

There were many other interesting things at this place. I will talk about them in future posts. Till then "Buddham Sharanam Gachchaami"!