Okra is coated with flavorful Indian spices and cooked in the air fryer until super crispy in this recipe for kurkuri bhindi. Top with chaat masala and serve it with hot chapati or eat it as a snack.
Ingredients
- frozen cut okra: 2 cups (thawed)
- oil: 2 Tbsp
- gram flour (besan): 2 Tbsp
- salt: 1 tsp (to taste)
- red chili powder: 1 tsp
- ground coriander: 1 tsp
- chaat masala: 1 tsp
- ground cumin: 0.5 tsp
- amchoor (dried mango powder): 0.5 tsp (optional)
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Stages of cooking
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Place thawed okra in a bowl. Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 5 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in gram flour, salt, chili powder, coriander, chaat masala, cumin, and amchoor; cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and add to okra; mix until okra is fully coated. Transfer okra to the air fryer basket.
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Cook in the preheated air fryer for 5 minutes. Flip okra and continue to cook, flipping in 5-minute intervals, until cooked through and crispy, 5 to 10 more minutes.
