Pakistani-style Kurkuri Bhindi or crispy ladies' fingers

Name: Pakistani-style Kurkuri Bhindi or crispy ladies' fingers
Prep time: 15m
Cook time: 5m
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Pakistani

This recipe makes for a great vegetarian appetiser or even snack

Cuisine:Pakistani

Cook time:5m

Prep time:15m

Servings:4

1kg thinly sliced ladies' fingers

100gm gram flour 

Red chilli powder to taste

Salt to taste

2 tsp coriander powder

A pinch of chaat masala

0.5kg yogurt

60ml milk

Salt to taste

Crushed red chilies to taste

1/4 tsp minced garlic

1. Whip yogurt with milk and spices and keep it aside.

2. Coat the ladies’ fingers with the dry mixture of spices and gram flour and deep fry till deep golden brown.

3. Add the ladies’ fingers on top of the mixture yogurt just before serving, to ensure they don’t go soggy quickly.

4. Sprinkle chaat masala as per your taste.

Saira Ahmed

Pakistani expat and Managing Director at Little Lahore restaurant in Dubai