Bhindi mappas

 Mappas is a South Indian dish wherein the vegetable, meat or fish is cooked in creamy coconut milk. There is potato, ladies finger, chicken, beef and fish mappas. The recipe here is mappas with ladies finger. This delectable dish can be combined with roti, appam and puttu.

The elements of Mom's lip smacking dish...

Rice bran oil - 1 Tbsp

Ladies finger - 500g

Clove - 1

Cinnamon - 1 small stick 

Curry leaf - a few

Onion - 3 medium size

Ginger - 1/2 inch

Green chili - 2

Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

Coconut milk - 1/2 cup

The method..

Wash the ladies finger and pat them dry on a clean cloth. Trim the ends. Chop into 1 inch pieces. Shallow fry the ladies finger in little oil until cooked through and through.

Cut onion into thin slices. Mince ginger and chili. Heat a small deep-bottomed pan and drizzle oil. When the oil warms up, cast in cloves and cinnamon. Stir for a few seconds. Throw in curry leaves, onion, ginger and chili. Fry until onions become translucent. Add in garam masala and saute for a minute. Add in the fried ladies finger. Turn down the heat and pour in the coconut milk. Give it a good stir and turn off the heat. Serve with chapati.