Vendakka moru curry/ ladies finger in coconut yogurt sauce

Simple moru curry with vendakka!

Ingredients:

1. Vendakka/ ladies finger, cut into small - 10
2. Yogurt - 1.5 cups
3. Coconut shredded - 1 cup
4. Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
5. Coconut oil - 2 tbs
6. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
7. Salt to taste

For tempering

1. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
2. Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
3. Curry leaves - few
4. Dried red chilli - 3
5. Garlic cloves - 2
6. Coconut oil - 1 tbs

Method:

1. Heat 2 tbs of oil in a pan
2. Sauté ladies finger with turmeric powder in the oil
3. Blend coconut, 1/2 cup yogurt and cumin seeds into paste
4. Once slightly browned, no more sticky, add coconut paste and 1/2 cup water in low flame
5. Let it come to boil in low flame
6. Add salt
7. Whisk the remaining yogurt
8. Once the curry starts to boil, add the whisked yogurt and and half cup water if curry is thick
9. Switch off the flame
10. Heat coconut oil for tempering
11. Splutter mustard seeds and  fenugreek seeds, add crushed garlic , curry leaves and red chilli and switch off the flame. Take care not to burn the tempering. 
12. Add the above to moru curry and close the lid and keep it like that for sometime before mix it using a ladle. 

Simple moru curry is ready to be served with rice and roasted potato or fish fry. 😊