Vendakkai Vathal

Vendakkai Vathal / Dried Ladies Finger Recipe

Recently when my brother went to Siruvapuri he brought lot
of ladies finger. I did many ladies finger recipes and then left about half the
quantity. As I got bored, then about a weeks time all became hard and lost
their tenderness then I decided to make this chettinad recipe which can be
easily made and stored for about a year.

As the summer is harsh you can make vendakkai vathal and use it all year
round. Vendakkai vathal can be used as the side dish for rice. If you get good organic
ladies finger and make this it will taste more good and you will love it. It is
easy to make. Come let us see how to make vendakkai vathal.

Preparation time                             –
10 minutes

Drying time                                     –
6 to 7  days

Yield                                                 –
200 gms

Ingredients:

Ladies Finger(Vendakkai)            –
1 kg

Curd                                             –
1 ½ cup

Salt                                               –
¾ tsp

Method:

Clean and cut both edges of the vendakkai. Cut in to ½ inch
pieces. Dry in the hot sun for days.

 Add curd and salt in a bowl and mix it
well. 

Add sun dried ladies finger and soak for 6 hours. Take the vendakkai from the curd and dry in sun. 

Evening you put the vathal in remaining curd and soak.
Repeat the process till the curd absorbed by vendakkai. Dry well in the sun and store it in a clean glass bottle.

Heat little oil in a pan and add the vathal and fry in the
medium flame. Serve along with rice.

  

I served vendakkai vathal with curd rice, vadu mango pickle and potato roast.

Note:

Hard vendakkai is good for vathal.

Adjust curd and salt according to your taste.

Dry well.