The magic of okra

Lifestyle Health & Fitness
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just fry some onions and tomatoes. add lal mirch powder, salt, haldi, dash of paprika, adrak/lehsan, and add bhindi at the end so it doesn't overcook. always turns out so yummy.

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Will this lady fingers help us to lose weight or lower the cholesterol? what benefit will it helps if we eat this curry daily with 1 or 2 rotis?

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Bhindi pakistan may bohat say logo ki chir hia, like there was an old nice person in our mohallah but once you call him bhindi he used to turn very angry!

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I LOVE bhindi.

It’s one of my favourite sabzis.

I like it a little crunchy with lots of tomatoes and crunchy piyaaz.
I love to burst the tender, round, white seeds with my teeth after squeezing them out of the bhindi itself.

Bhindi is such a treat.

And the best part about bhindi is how it regulates you bowels the next day. :slight_smile:

I learnt a trick by watching other expert buyers on how to pick the best, freshest and crispiest bhindi.
You snap the tip with your thumb. If the tip snaps, it is good.
If the tip gives or flexes, leave it; beacuse it is going to be strigny when cooked. :slight_smile:

That is why it takes a while for me to get a bag full.
And I don’t like it when ladies hover around me when I am trying to pick my best bhindi. :emmy:

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so you’re the guy that leaves all the damaged bhindi in the bins…:angry:

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I've ate them raw, back when I was on a diet. The diet didn't last long, neither did the raw bhindi eating.

Raw bhindis are super sticky, I didn't like the texture.

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Hey, I am not the only one. I learnt that trick from old aunties picking bhindi. :slight_smile:

Besides, the ones that don’t snap shouldn’t be taken anyway. :snooty:

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I made bhindi gosht last night.. but dunno if cooking it in the pressure cooker would keep its nutritional value

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Yummm....i think ill make bhindi tomm hahha...btw is it just me or bhindi in toronto is kinda bland :s

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Send some. We'll let you know. :)

But fruits and vegetables in the West generally are like that.

Not all but a lot.

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Vendakkai is really tasty, as a poduthool and also in sambar. Vendekkai sambar is served in kalyanam saddhi.

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wedding?

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Yes!

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One more thread, one more victim.

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The magic of okra

YUMMMYYYY love bhindi and make it the onion , tomato way too that nani and mom make. Like the breaking of the tip trick!!!

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Hmm .. love crispy fried bhindi, and also with salan

I have heard that all the bitter foods, and vegetables that have mucilage are good for liver and also insulin production like karela, kalongi, arvi bhindi, and tukhm e balanga.

In chinese medicine, dried karela powder is taken with water for diabetes and other liver diseases.

One of my uncles used to drink karela shake to ward off his diabetes, and it was cured I believe

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If it binds to bile acid (I'm assuming the cholic acid derivatives), then wouldn't this stagnate the digestion of lipids, leading to a weight gain?
I wouldn't call that a health benefit.

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We call it Bendakkai in Telugu:D. By the way, did you ever eat ​Vendakkai Thayir Pachadi? Damn yumm and never knew it could be made that way!

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pachadi somethimg like khichdi?

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Pachadi = chutney. It is also used in Marathi by the way. Dont you live in Maharashtra?:confused: