Bhindi masala.. Microwave version

Hello  all! I had told  in my  besan ladoo post that I had bought a microwave convection oven some time back and had experimented with it.  My eyes caught this Bhindi  masala dish and I gave it a  try. I am lousy when it comes to cooking bhindi on stove top and it never comes out good. But in oven it was the best and hubby insists I make bhindi in oven only.  Trust me you would love it.

Ingredients:

½ kg Bhindi/okra

½ tsp red chilli powder
1/2tsp haldi powder

2green chillies chopped

1 tsp coriander powder

½ tsp  amchoor/dry mango powder

Salt to taste

¼ tsp jeera/cumin seeds

3 tbsp oil

Method:

Wash an wipe bhindi dry.  Cut the tip head and tail of each bhindi. Chop  bhindi into medium size or as desired.

In a microwave safe glass bowl, put 1tbsp oil, add jeera and  chopped green chillies.  Microwave at 100% power  for  2 mins.  Remove and add bhindi and other dry masalas. Mix well and add the remaining 2tbsp oil.  Set the combination mode of microwave and grill  for 10 mins or till bhindi is cooked.  I kept it at 70% power  for  8mins.  I stopped the timer in between to check on bhindis and they were done.

Remove and  serve it hot with rotis.

(temperature and oven settings would vary from oven to oven)

Notes:

You can add potato too here but time has to increase for potato  to be cooked too.

Adjust  masala as per your taste.

Trial and error with timings  works best.

Hope  you all liked it and over to you for your feed back.

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