Bendakaya Vepudu | Bendi Fry
Bendakaya Vepudu is a simple recipe where bendakaya is tempered and fried with onions.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Bendakaya (around 250 gms)
- 1/2 cup Onions (Finely Chopped)
- 1/4 cup GroundNuts
- 1/2 tbsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tbsp Cumin Seeds
- 1/2 tbsp Urad Dal
- 1/2 tbsp Turmeric
- 1 tbsp Chilli Powder
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice(optional)
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Oil
Instructions
- Wash and dry the bendi or bendakaya on the kitchen towel. Slice them to fine rounds.
- Pour the lemon juice and mix well so that all the bendi are nicely coated with the juice.
- Now spread over the bendi in the tray and put it in the oven for 10mins at 350 degrees fahrenheit. This helps in not only cook bendi, it helps to remove the stickiness.
- After 10mins, remove the bendi from oven and cool it. We can notice that the bendi were nicely cooked and were dry.
- Meanwhile heat oil in the frying pan.
- Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds when they crackle add urad dal. When the dal is slightly brown, add groundnuts and fry till they are slightly brown.
- Add chopped onions and fry till they are translucent.
- Add turmeric and fry for 1-2 mins.
- Now add the bendi, mix well and fry for 2-3mins.
- Add chilli powder and salt. Mix well and fry for few more minutes. Adjust salt as per your taste.
- Bendi fry or Bendakaya vepudu is ready to serve. Its goes well with White rice and sambar or rasam. Also goes well with chapati.
