North Indian
Bhindi Masala
Bhindi Masala is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb okra
- 2 onions
- 2 tomato
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1.5 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp amchur
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 4 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Wipe the okra dry, trim the ends, and cut into short pieces so it does not turn slimy.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wide pan and saute the okra over medium-high until it loses its stickiness and browns at the edges, about 8 minutes, then set aside.
- Add the remaining oil and let the cumin seeds sizzle, then cook the onion, garlic, and ginger until golden, about 6 minutes.
- Stir in the turmeric, coriander, chili powder, and chopped tomato and cook until saucy, about 5 minutes.
- Return the okra, season with salt and amchur, and toss gently over medium heat for 4 minutes.
- Sprinkle with garam masala and serve hot with roti or rice.
Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bhindi Masala, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Bhindi Masala carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Bhindi Masala takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer and the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on okra, onion, and tomato.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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