Ladies Finger Spiced Curry

Ingredients

60g gram flour
400g ladies fingers), wiped clean with damp kitchen roll,
vegetable oil, for frying
1 tsp chaat masala
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp dried mango powder (also known as amchoor)

Method

1. Place the gram flour in a shallow bowl and mix half the above salt. Slice the ladies finger pieces lengthwise into quarters and toss them in the gram flour.
2. Pour the oil into a large saucepan to a depth of approximately 2.5cm and heat until a breadcrumb will sizzle gently when placed into the oil. Add the ladies fingers to the pan and fry until they are crisp and golden-brown, stirring occasionally.
3. Remove with a slotted spoon and place it into a large bowl lined with kitchen roll. Sprinkle over the chaat masala, remaining salt, chilli and dried mango powder and toss well. Serve hot.


You can apply the same method with Bitter guard too but boil them half way before soaking in Besan or gram flour and add chilly powder to the besan.