Malai Dahi Bhindi

creamy okra curry in delicious tangy milk and yogurt sauce

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Course: Festive Recipe, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Punjabi Cuisine
Keyword: Bhindi, bhindi sabzi, dahi bhindi
 
Servings: 5 person
 
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

 350 gms Okra /bhindi
 2 medium Tomatoes
 1 cup Yogurt / Dahi
 1 cup Abevia Milk
 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
 1 tbsp Kashmiri chili powder
 to taste Salt / Namak
 1 tsp Dried Fenugreek / Kasoori Methi
 1 tbsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
 1/4 tsp Garam masala

Tempering/ Tadka

 4 tbsp Cooking Oil
 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch

Instructions

1. Wash and wipe bhindi/ okra and remove both ends.

2. Now halway slit the okra from the center and check from inside and then chop into big pieces
3. In a bowl add yogurt and all the dry spices and mix it well.
4. In a pan heat 4 tbsp ghee or oil and saute the okra pieces on medium heat so they get a nice
golden color and become semi cooked.
5. Remove the bhindi in a plate.
6. In the same pan add 3 tbsp oil and add 1 tsp cumin and 2 chopped green chilies and 2
chopped medium tomatoes .
7. Add salt and turmeric , cover and cook till tomatoes become soft.
8. Now mash the tomatoes with the ladle to make them smooth , now add the yogurt mix in the
pan after lowering the heat.
9. Keep stirring till it start boiling.
10. Now add 1/2 cup Abevia milk or 1 cup full fat milk or 4 tbsp of fresh cream.
11. Keep stirring to avoid curdling of the mixture.
12. When it start boiling add kasoori methi and inch garam masala.
13. Add the okra pieces , stir to mix and add around 1/2 to 1 cup water as per your choice of
gravy.
14. Cover and cook till the okra become soft and the gravy start releasing some oil around the
sides of the pan.
15. Serve Delicious Malai bhindi with paratha, Naan or Rice