Stuffed Okra (Bhindi) Curry

Ingredients:

Bendakaya/Bhindi/Lady's fingers (Tender) - 15 no
Onions - 3 no,finely chopped into small
Red chilli pwd - 2tspn
Mustard Seeds - ½ tspn
Turmeric pwd - a pinch

For stuffing:

Roasted Peanuts - 1cup
Roasted Sesame seeds - ½ cup
Roasted Khuskhus/Gasagasalu - ½tspn
Roasted Dhaniya - 1 tspn
Roasted Dry Coconut pwd - 2 tspn
Salt to taste.
Oil - 2tbspn

Method:

1. Wash and wipe the okra with a cloth and make a slit from the bottom to up of three sides of each Okra.
2. Grind the roasted Peanuts,Sesame seeds,Dhaniya,Khuskhus,Coconut into a fine powder.
3. Take a bowl and add all the ground spice powder,finely chopped Onions,turmeric pwd,salt,redchilli pwd by mixing all together with a 1tspn of oil.
4. Stuff all slitted Okra with this mix and kept the okras for a 15 - minutes aside.By keeping,it increases the flavour.
5. Heat oil in Kadai, add Mustard seeds,allow it to splutter and then Add stuffed Okra and stir for another 2 minutes.Add Oil and cook for another 3 minutes by covering with lid on medium flame.
6. Add the leftover(Onion ,ground pwd) mix and fry for 2 minutes until onions become translucent.
7. Sprinkle little water and stir and cook till Okra becomes tender and make sure to cook in low flame by covering with lid for another 8 minutes
8. so that the color of okra changes to light dark green but stir in the middle to avoid sticking the masala to the kadai.
9. Serve Stuffed Okra /Koorina Bendakaya Koora with hot Steamed Rice.