My mother-in-law cooks fine Indian food, particularly southwestern and north Indian vegetarian fare. Her magnificent table is exquisitely laid with splendid cutlery and crockery for every meal. She made my first meal in her house as her daughter-in-law to be memorable by adorning every part of the home with beautiful fresh flowers and by serving a lavish meal served on silver platters. Despite the family business occupying most of her day, she runs her home with commendable dexterity and her housekeeping skills are awesome. Her household linen is always fresh and crisp and the lotus blooms in her beautiful garden command attention amidst a host of other charming flowers.
She made this vegetable preparation alongwith a host of other dishes during one of my visits when I was just getting to know her. I found this way of preparing okra/ladyfinger very tasty and unusual. It had very few spices, carom/ajwain seeds being predominant. What these seeds did to the tomato gravy was quite striking. The combination of these seeds with the okra/ladyfinger and tomatoes introduced wonderful flavours and the aroma was quite unique. Known to have digestive and medicinal properties, I was made to eat a lot of ajwain seeds by my mother during the first month after my son was born.
This vegetable preparation also has a special connotation in my life. I prepared it in the afternoon for lunch on the 9th of March this year, just before I went into labour and got the most precious gift in the form of my adorable baby boy.
Serves 4 to 5
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Yep, delectable stuff Radhanty makes. And I too seem to have drawn a few leaves from her impeccable home-making repertoire ๐
Love the looks of the Okra in tomato sauce. I am always a bit wary of adding tomatoes to okra because of the slime. Cooking the tomatoes and adding the okra is ofcourse the perfect answer.
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Hi Anu,
I made this dish for a potluck party and it was a big hit..people were amazed that there were very few ingredients here.
Since fresh okra is hard to find here, I used frozen diced okra, and it worked out well..
Good one!
Sowmya: I'm glad you and your friends enjoyed this dish. Its quite fascinating how the flavours stand out with such few ingredients.
Hi Anushruti, came across your blog by chance and am very happy to have found it! I made this okra dish today and loved it. Indeed, the ajwain makes it so full of flavour, no other spice was needed at all. Will be making this dish more often. Thanks for posting ๐
Vidya: Thank you for your sweet words and I'm happy you liked this simple way of eating okras. The ajwain really works like magic here.
I should make these soon ๐ Can't wait to make it and have it ๐ Thank you ๐
Pratibha: As much as I like to see comments on new posts, it gives me great pleasure to see comments on older posts which get hidden in the archives. I hope you enjoy the simple yet vibrant flavours of this dish.
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hi anu ,i love all ur recipes,but i cannot find ajwain here can i use another ingrident.
Simone: Ajwain adds a beautiful flavour here and is a predominant ingredient in this dish. Try looking for it and if you can't then add cumin seeds instead of carom seeds. The flavour won't be the same but it will be delicious all the same.
cooked bhindi your way, turned out totally delicious, thanku for recipe. god bless ๐
Hi Anu,
Prepared this dish yesterday and it was really a treat.The sourness and sweetness of the tomatoes,the earthy taste of ajwain and the delicate taste of bhindi, it was a treat.Thanks a lot.
I'm very late to be commenting here, but I just wanted to share with you how delectable this was. I made it for post-Holi lunch, and I couldn't think of anything more delicious to end the festivities. Thank you for the recipe!
Hi Anushruti, love your blog and the recipes. ๐
Aarti: Thank you. ๐
Thanks Anushruti for the beautiful recipe. Its amazing
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