KantaAre you Okra lover or okra hater? In both cases, you will love this dish. This crispy baked okra is easy to make and highly rich in folic acid. It is best suit for both kids and adults, and is apt for both outdoor or indoor food.
So let’s get started with the recipe.
Ingredients:
- Lady’s Fingers (Okra) – 250 g
- 2tbsp besan /chickpea flour
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- salt
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp mango powder / lemon juice (if not mango powder)
- chili powder as per taste
- 1/2 tsp ajwain seeds
- 2 tsp mustard oil
Method:
- Wash the lady’s fingers with water, and lay them on kitchen towels/ tissue papers for 3-4 hours (to dry well).
- Cut both ends of okra and remove.
- Slit each okra into 4 parts lengthwise as shown below.
- Take all slit okras in a bowl.
- Add add dry spices, besan and rice flour to the same bowl.
- Add lemon juice, salt, carom seeds and mustard oil.
- Mix all the ingredients well, till each okra gets coated with spices.
- Now, preheat the oven at 200 deg c
- Lay aluminium foil on a baking tray or grease a baking dish with oil.
- Bake for 10 mins, take out the baking tray and flip okras. Bake again for 10 mins
- Baked Okras are ready to serve.
- Sprinkle chaat masala on baked okras and serve with ketchup or chutney.
Can be made best as :
- Appetizer for any get-together
- Kids lunch box menu
- Long or short distance travel snack
- Pool party / barbecue party menu
Notes :
- Okras must be dried well before mixing spices and dry ingredients. Wet okras will turn mushy.
- Baking time may little bit based on different types of oven.
