As a grad student with tight budget living away from home, I have sort of optimized a cooking protocol for making some sabjis (vegetarian side dishes) in under 60 minutes. Mind you I mostly cook multiple dishes simultaneously. If you time and plan everything right, you might be done in about 40-45 minutes.
Here's the general protocol I follow for making bhindi fry. I pretty much use the same protocol for making other veggie dishes by substituting the bhindi (okra) with the desired vegetable (e.g. Eggplant, potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower etc.).
Enjoy!!
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| 1. Preheat oven to 375 K for baking. |
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| 2. Mix Vegetable Oil (2 Tblsp) + Salt (1 tsp) + Garam Masala (2 tsp) + Red Chilli Powder (1/3 tsp) + Turmeric powder (1/5 tsp) with about 1.5 lb of Okra. |
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| 3. Place the mixed contents on foil (on a baking tray). Coat foil with vegetable oil to avoid okra from sticking. |
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| 4. Once the oven reaches the temperature put the baking tray with okra in and bake for 25 minutes. |
5. Take 2 tomatoes and 1 onion (amount can be modified depending on your liking for onion or tomatoes).
6. Cut the tomatoes and onions (size is as per your convenience).
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| 7. Start frying the onions and tomatoes with some vegetable oil on a frying pan. |
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| 8. Fry them till the onions turn slightly brown. |
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| 9. After 25 mins, stop the oven and keep the okra for another 5 mins. Take out the baked okra and.... |
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| 10. .... put into the frying pan with the fried onions and tomatoes. Mix the contents well and...... |
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| 11. ..... cover with the lid. Let it cook for 5-10 minutes. Stir every 3-4 minutes. After 10 minutes switch off the heater and leave let it cook with remaining heat for another 15 mins. |
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| 12. Walaa... you get my version of Bhindi fry. I probably need to work on my presentation here, but it tastes pretty good. |
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