Kurkuri Bhindi

Kurkuri Bhindi or Bhindi Kurkuri is a spicy and delicious appetizer or side dish recipe. This crispy okra fry is easy to make, vegan and gluten-free. Just a few handy ingredients, is all you need to make this crispy bhindi fry.

About This Recipe

Kurkuri means crispy. Bhindi is Hindi name for Okra (Lady’s Finger). We start by cutting okra in thin and long strips. Take them into a bowl, add chickpea flour (besan), spices and salt. Toss well and deep fry until crisp.

Kurkuri Bhindi is a quick, easy and spicy recipe. Serve this as an appetizer or as a side dish with dal-chawal.

Tastes best with evening chai or coffee too.

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Main Ingredients To Make Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe

Bhindi | Okra – Always choose same in length, long and slender okra. This will help in even cutting and cooking of okra. The freshness of okra depends on the color and firmness. Try to bend the tip of the okra with your thumb, if it snaps then it is fresh. If the tip bends then the okra is not fresh. I prefer hand picking okra from a local vegetable shop.

Besan | Chickpea Flour – Adding besan will do two things. First, it makes the okra slices crisp upon frying. Second, besan will absorb the moisture and sliminess present in the okra. You can use corn flour too, but chickpea flour brings good taste.

Rice Flour – Adding rice flour is purely optional. Rice flour makes kurkuri bhindi airy and crispy.

Chaat Masala – Brings in slightly tangy taste. Adds flavour and aroma to the recipe.

Other Spices – Red chili Powder, Turmeric Powder and Roasted Cumin Powder.

Other Variations:

Normally, we make kurkuri bhindi recipe by deep frying bhindi. But you can make this in oven and in air-fryer too.

Baked Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe

For making baked kurkuri bhindi,

• Pre-heat the oven and line the baking tray with parchment or grease with oil.
• Toss thin slices of bhindi in all the spices and flours. Add salt and arrange them in a single layer on the baking tray.
• Spray or brush oil. Bake for 20-25 minutes on 180⁰C.
• Keep turning for every 5-6 minutes to ensure even baking.
• Once bhindi turn crisp and golden, remove from oven and leave for 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Air-Fryer Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe

• Pre-heat air-fryer for five minutes on 180⁰C.
• Spray or brush the basket of air-fryer with oil. Line in the masala coated bhindi slices. Air-fry for 5-6 minutes.
• Keep turning for every 2 minutes, till bhindi turns nice crisp and golden on all sides.
• Remove and sprinkle lemon juice and chaat masala. Serve warm.

Tips To Make Perfect Kurkuri Bhindi

To make crispy and crunchy kurkuri bhindi, then follow these steps.

• Thoroughly wash bhindi and spread it on a kitchen towel.
• Wipe each bhindi with a clean and dry towel or tissue.
• Spread again on a kitchen towel for 10-15 minutes before cutting.
• Now remove the crown and tail part of the bhindi as shown in the picture above.
• Slit the bhindi (okra) vertically and cut into thin strips. Remove the pith and seeds.
• Add these thin strips to a bowl and add all masalas. Leave for 10-15 minutes and then fry or bake.