Every household in the South of India has its own variation of the Okra rice. Today I am posting the one my mother always made with leftover rice.
Ingredients:
4 cups of left over rice
15 okra chopped as per one’s choice
5 green chillies
3 medium sized onions sliced
6 garlic cloves
1 inch piece of ginger
2 cardamoms
1 inch piece of cinnamon
3 cloves
1 tsp fennel seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt
4 tbsps oil
1 tbsp Ghee
1 tsp cumin seeds.
Method:
Crush the green chillies, ginger and garlic coarsely. Keep aside. Crush the cardamom , cinnamon and cloves coarsely as well. Heat the oil and ghee in a pan. Add the cumin seeds and after they splutter add the cardamom , cinnamon and clove mixture. Saute for a minute on a very slow flame. Add the sliced onions and saute for a couple of minutes. Add the crushed ginger, garlic and green chilly and keep tossing till the onions turn translucent. Add the chopped okra and salt and keep tossing till it wilts. Add turmeric powder. Give it a good mix. Add the cooked rice, adjust salt and mix thoroughly. Cover and heat till done. Serve with raita of your choice.
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