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poon turmeric powder</p><p id="adbd">1/2 teaspoon salt</p><p id="3d10">Curry leaves</p><h1 id="d20b">Preparation</h1><ol><li>Wash and clean the vegetables thoroughly. Pat dry the vegetables or leave it dry naturally. The natural drying process may take some time.</li><li>Slice Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) and Yardlong Bean in an angular manner. Please do not cut them straight. Take a look at the dish picture.</li><li>In a stainless steel pan, heat oil. Splutter mustard seeds when the oil is hot.</li><li>Add diced onion, crushed garlic, chopped green chilies, and saute them for few minutes.</li><li>Add salt and turmeric powder, mix them well.</li><li>Now add sliced Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) and Yardlong Bean, combine everything with curry leaves.</li><li>Cover and cook the vegetables in low-medium heat for around 2–3 minutes.</li><li>Remove the lid and saute well, let it cook for another 3–5 minutes without the lid.</li><li>Stir fry is ready to serve with rice.</li></ol><p id="8591">You may enjoy this cookie recipe,</p><div id="9540" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/pinwheel-cookies-in-a-different-way-b93f565ca153"> <div> <div> <h2>Pinwheel Cookies in a Different Way</h2> <div><h3>Healthy version recipe using Whole grain flour</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ZLGqJeCjJ0xLF1O34-rPFA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

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Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) And Yardlong Bean Stir Fry

#1 Rice side dish recipe

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In our family, we prefer vegetable dishes over meat and fish. It just happened to be my husband having the same traits and me; hence there is no preferential dispute.

Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) And Yardlong Beans are unavoidable in our household, and it’s our typical rice side dishes, but usually, they are standalone. I love the crunchiness of these vegetables, moreover its power-packed nutrient levels.

Ladies’ Fingers (Okra)

The edible green seed pods are from the Mallow family. It can consume in both raw and cooked forms. Having Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) in our daily diets improves heart health, controls blood sugar, and benefits pregnant women. It’s also said to have anti-cancer properties.

Photo by Neha Deshmukh on Unsplash

Yardlong Bean

The edible green pods with immature seeds are also known as Asparagus bean, long-podded cowpea, Chinese long bean, bodi/bora, snake bean, or pea bean. These low-calorie vegetables help with weight loss due to rich in phytochemicals and antioxidants; consuming these vegetables helps in fighting cancer and delays aging.

Image by Nandalal Sarkar from Pixabay

These vegetables have contrasting textures. Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) are slimy while Yardlong Bean is firm even after cooking. Due to that reason, some don’t like to consume these vegetables.

This recipe is where the combination of these vegetables eliminate their flaws. This dish is easy to prepare with a slight presence of turmeric powder and green chilies. Turmeric powder is not a must ingredient; however, I would like to add a bit due to its natural antiseptic and carries anti-bacterial properties

Ingredients

A dozen of Ladies’ Fingers (Okra)

A dozen of Yardlong Bean

2 Tablespoon Cooking oil or Omega oil

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

1 teaspoon crushed garlic

1 teaspoon chopped green chili

1 diced medium onion

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Curry leaves

Preparation

  1. Wash and clean the vegetables thoroughly. Pat dry the vegetables or leave it dry naturally. The natural drying process may take some time.
  2. Slice Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) and Yardlong Bean in an angular manner. Please do not cut them straight. Take a look at the dish picture.
  3. In a stainless steel pan, heat oil. Splutter mustard seeds when the oil is hot.
  4. Add diced onion, crushed garlic, chopped green chilies, and saute them for few minutes.
  5. Add salt and turmeric powder, mix them well.
  6. Now add sliced Ladies’ Fingers (Okra) and Yardlong Bean, combine everything with curry leaves.
  7. Cover and cook the vegetables in low-medium heat for around 2–3 minutes.
  8. Remove the lid and saute well, let it cook for another 3–5 minutes without the lid.
  9. Stir fry is ready to serve with rice.

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