Stuffed Bendi

Ingredients:
1) Bendakaya/Bhindi/Lady's fingers - 15
2) Onions - 3 ( chopped into small)
3) Mustard Seeds - ½ tspn
4) Turmeric pwd - a pinch

For stuffing:
1) Peanuts - 1cup
2) Khuskhus/Gasagasalu - ½tspn
3) Dhaniya - 1 tspn
4) Salt to taste.
5) Oil - 2tbspn
6) Red chilli - 5

Method :
1) Fry stuffed ingredients without oil. Make a powder

2) Mix chopped onions, turmeric, powder, 1tbsp oil.

3) Wash and wipe the okra with a cloth and make a slit from the bottom to up of three sides of each Okra.

4) Stuff all slitted Okra with this mix and kept the okras for a 15 - minutes aside.By keeping,it increases the flavour.

5) Heat oil in Kadai, add Mustard seeds,allow it to splutter and then Add stuffed Okra and stir for another 2 minutes.Add Oil and cook for another 3 minutes by covering with lid on medium flame.

6) Add the leftover(Onion ,ground pwd) mix and fry for 2 minutes until onions become translucent.

7) Sprinkle little water and stir and cook till Okra becomes tender and make sure to cook in low flame by covering with lid for another 8 minutes.

8) Serve with Hot Rice.