Bhindi Masala from home canning

A delicious Indian-style curried okra that you make using a jar of home-canned Minnesota mix.

(To be clear, this is a “cooking with canning you have already done” recipe. This is not a recipe for canning.)

This recipe uses:

Minnesota Mix

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Bhindi Masala

Yield: Makes 4 cups / 800 g

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Okra

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 4 cups

Calories 231kcal

Metric - US Customary

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon duck fat (or 2 tbsp oil)
• 600 g okra (frozen. 22 oz)
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 3 tablespoons ginger (fresh, grated. 3 cm / 1 inch of ginger root)
• 8 cloves garlic (minced. 2 tbsp from a jar or 2 teaspoons garlic powder)
• 2 tsp coriander ground
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fenugreek leaves (crushed, dried. Optional)
• ½ teaspoon amchur powder (aka dry mango powder)
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• 1 half-litre jar Minnesota mix (1 pint)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Sauté okra in duck fat until fork tender. Remove from pot, set aside.
• To the pot, add everything from the oil down to the chili powder. Sauté over medium heat until the raw smell leaves the ginger and garlic, and the spices smell a bit toasted: about 5 minutes.
• Add the jar of Minnesota mix, stir, and simmer over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes just to drive a bit of the liquid off.
• Add the okra back to the pot, stir, heat through.
• Send to the table.

Notes

Instead of the frozen okra, you can use a fresh equivalent. You could try using home canned okra, though it may be too soft.

The amchur / mango powder is a souring agent. Instead of that, you can use dried sumac, or 1 tbsp lemon juice

If desired, serve garnished with some fresh, chopped coriander leaves (aka cilantro.)

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 38.5g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 620mg | Fiber: 13.6g | Sugar: 14.8g

Nutrition

Per 1 cup (200 g / 7 oz)

• 231 calories, 620 mg sodium
• Weight Watchers PointsPlus®:  6 points

* Nutrition info provided by https://caloriecount.about.com

* PointsPlus™ calculated by healthycanning.com. Not endorsed by Weight Watchers® International, Inc, which is the owner of the PointsPlus® registered trademark.