Best Bendi 65 Recipe | 100% Crispy Bendi Fry Andhra Style

Bendi 65 Recipe | Crispy Bendi Fry is one of the popular Andhra side dishes that is prepared at almost all marriages and other celebrations as a fried item. Learn how to make Bendi 65 with step by step image instructions, tips and video.

Ladies finger is cut into thin and diagonally so that we can get a good shape and large surface to coat spices and flour.

We can make Bendi Fry Recipe in different styles and our version is crispy. One can feel the crunchiness for more than an hour. That is the reason why people prefer bendi 65 while preparing marriage dishes.

People love to eat this recipe because of its spicy and crunchy flavour. As this is a deep-fried recipe, we need to take care while draining oil, if needed put a kitchen towel.

I have observed people slicing into large chunks and drying them for some time and then coat with chickpea flour. Instead of deep-frying, they tend to bake them but one can experience the real flavour of this recipe only when deep-fried.

Tips to make perfect Bendi 65 Recipe | Crispy Bendi Fry:

• Check the image or video of the way we need to slice bendi so that we can get a crispy flavour.
• Try to purchase tender veggies to remove the fiber kind of experience when chewed.
• Adding little water before adding spices will help in evenly mixing of spices.
• To know the tenderness of this veggie, break the tip with a finger. If it breaks then they are tender, if not they are not tender.
• While mixing sliced pieces with spices and flour, do not mix all flour at a time as this needs to be dry with flour coating.
• When making in large quantities, coat bendi with spices and mix flour in small batches so that we mix flour to that quantity that is deep-fried as bendi releases water or moisture.
• To get a crunchy flavour, we add groundnuts.
• People who love to eat more spicy or like to add flavour to this fry, sprinkle spice powders while they are hot.
• Once you remove from oil, keep it aside to cool. Once cooled, they turn crisp.

You may also like to check other recipes:

Bedakaya pulusu,

Gobi 65,

Bendakaya Fry,

Chicken Pakora and

Okra Tomato Curry.

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Bendi 65 Recipe | Crispy Bendi Fry

Bendi 65 Recipe | Crispy Bendi Fry is one of the popular Andhra side dishes which is prepared on almost all marriage and other celebration as a fried item.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Andhra

Keyword bendi 65, Crispy Bendi Fry Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 165 kcal

Author Uppada Lakshmi

Ingredients

• Bendi/ okra/ lady’s finger – 250 gms.
• Water – required quantity
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tbsp.
• Coriander powder – ½ tbsp.
• Jeera/ cumin powder – a pinch
• Garam masala powder – ½ tbsp.
• Ginger garlic paste – ¼ tbsp.
• Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp.
• Food colour red – a pinch
• Garlic cloves – 2 tbsp. crushed
• Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
• Groundnuts – ½ cup
• Green chillies – 3-4 No. based on the spiciness you need
• Besan flour – 1 tbsp.
• Rice flour – 1 tbsp.
• Corn flour – 1 tbsp.

Instructions

1. Clean and cut okra into thin pieces, cut diagonally so that we can get thin and large size pieces.
2. To mix spices evenly, In a bowl add very little water to mix all spices.
3. Add salt, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, jeera powder, red chilli powder and ginger garlic paste.
4. People who are health conscious can avoid food colour or else you may add a pinch of food colour (red).
5. Add bendakaya and mix well till the spices are coated well. Add ground nuts, green chillies and curry leave.
6. Coat this mix with flours which give flavour (besan flour) and others give crispiness (corn flour).
7. If you are making in small quantity then mix all flour making bendi coat dry.
8. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry above mix on low flame till they turn crisp.
9. Bendi 65 recipe turns crisp when they are cooled. Serve them as a side dish along with rice dishes.

Recipe Video

How to make Bendi 65 Recipe:

1.  Slice lady’s finger thin and diagonally and keep aside.

2.  In a bowl add a little water, turmeric powder, salt and coriander powder.

3.  Add Jeera powder, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste and red chilli powder.

4. Although it is not recommended to give eye compelling texture add a pinch of red food colour and crushed garlic cloves for extra flavour.

5.  Add sliced okra and mix well till spice liquid is well coated.

6.  Put a few strands of curry leaves and groundnuts to give a crunchy flavour.

7.  Add thin slices of green chillies, besan flour, rice flour and cornflour. Mix well.

8.  Put a small piece of mix and check the oil temperature when the oil is ready, put bendi 65 and deep fry.

9.  Deep fry on low to medium flame till they turn golden brown and crisp.

10.  Serve Bendi 65 Recipe once cooled as they give a crunchy flavour once cooled.    

Watch the Bendi 65 recipe video on YouTube.

Few Points to Remember:

1. In Marriages or Restaurants chef prefer making Bendi 65 Recipe only because of its taste and crispy texture.
2. As they have to make this recipe in large quantity they use hollow and wide vessel to deep fry.
3. When you are trying at home as our vessel is small try to fry in small batches and try to maintain non sticky.
4. When Bhendi is dry they try to come out non sticky and crisp.