Microwave Bharwan Bhindi

I am a huge fan of bharwan masala bhindi but I used to make it so less at home because it just take too much oil to make it and I hate using more oil in my everyday cooking than one day I had a brainwave… why not attempt it in microwave. Mil said no I won’t be nice. I nevertheless tried to attempt and I was glad I did. The first time I did it came out a little drier to my liking but the next time I sprinkled some water on top of it while making it and the dryness was gone a perfect way to enjoy bharwan bhindi which is not oily too

What I used

• 300 gms bhindi
• 2 onions sliced
• 1 large tomato chopped
• 1 tsp shahi jeera (caraway seeds) or if u can’t find it than use normal jeera or cumin seeds
• 1-2 tsp oil

to be mixed for stuffing masala

• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp amchor (dry mango) powder
• 2 tsp tava fry masala (optional – if u don’t have increase the quantity of coriander powder, aamchor and jeera powder)
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• salt to taste

How I made it

• Wash and clean the bhindi and keep aside for drying, once dry chop the top of the bhindi and make a slit in the centre and add a little bit of stuffing in it, do that for all the bhindi’s and keep aside. Keep a little masala extra for the onions
• Put oil in a microwave proof dish (when u are cooking always try and use glass, plastic is ok for reheating for a while but never cook in it) add the caraway seeds to it and microwave on medium flame for about 2 minutes till the seeds brown slightly
• Add the onions and microwave on high for about 3 mins
• At this stage add bhindi to it, stir a little, sprinkle some water on the top and microwave on high for 5 mins. See how lovely the bhindi looks at this point

• Add the little masala kept aside for onions to the mixture above and microwave on high for another 4 mins
• At this stage add the tomatoes and microwave for just one minute or so. I like my tomatoes slightly fresher and undone in the bhindi if u don’t like that please add it at the above stage or u can skip it all together. Most people don’t put tomatoes in bhindi but I love them
• And serve hot with hot hot phulkas

And this is going off to Cooking with seeds : Caraway seeds, Valli’s 365 days of microwave cooking and CMT : Sabzi by Jagruti

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