Bendekayi majjigepalda/ ladies finger in butter milk gravy/more kozambu/kadi

Bendekayi majjige palda/ ladies finger in  butter milk gravy(Recipe from ajjis kitchen)

Back from my native after a short vacation. Had a wonderful and flavourful time . Relished ajji's cooking after a long time. Ajji, amma and my aunt made variety of dishes . This recipe is from my ajji's  kitchen.  I could  click  pics of very few dishes . I will be posting these recipes here .This is one of them.
Majjige palda /majjige huli / more kozambu / kadi ,as the name says the main ingredient in this is butter milk.Along with other ingredients like ginger ,cumin seeds , hing etc the dish is very good for digestion. Here goes the recipe.
This recipe serves 6

Ingredients:
Tender ladies finger- 1/2 kg
Grated fresh coconut- 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves- 5 to 6 stems
Jeera/cumin seeds- 1tbsp
Mustard- 1 tsp
Ginger 1 big piece( about 2" size)
Green chillies-5 to 6 ( can add more acc to taste)
Turmeric pwd- 1/4 th tsp
Gram flour/ kadale hittu- 1/4 th cup
Sour yoghurt/ curd- 1/2 ltr.
Salt- to taste

For seasoning:
Oil- 4 tbsp
Musturd seeds- 1 tsp
Curry leaves- 2 springs
Hing- a generous pinch
Turmeric- 1/8th tsp

Procedure: 
Grind together grated coconut,coriander, cumin seeds,mustard seeds,ginger,green chillies, turmeric pwd,and gram flour into smooth paste.

Wash the ladies finger , pat them dry and cut them into 1" pieces. Heat 1/4 th cup oil in a wok. Add mustard, once it splutters add curry leaves and a generous pinch of hing and add ladies finger,fry until crisp.

Whip the yogurt and in a wide  thick bottomed vessel take the ground paste along with the whipped curd,add water to adjust the consistency, add salt and fried ladies finger and bring it to a boil. Tamper it with mustard and hing.  Serve hot with rice. 

Variations:

This dish can be prepared with ash gourd or snake gourd and cucumber  also. 

In a wok heat about a tsp of oil , add mustard seeds ,once it splutters add curry leaves, hing, turmeric and any of these vegetable . Cover and cook until done. Add it to the butter milk gravy and boil.