This is the first recipe I had tried with ladyfinger for my 1 year old son. As ladyfinger is a slimy vegetable I had never added it to his purees while starting solids however it is highly nutritious loaded with vitamins and minerals. So I added it to his diet as soon as he was able to chew solid foods.

Ingredients

2 tbsp Toor dal

1 tbsp Onion

1 tbsp Tomato

1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste

50g Ladyfinger

1tsp Ghee

1 pinch Turmeric powder

1 pinch Salt

1/2 tsp Cumin powder

1 pinch Chilli powder

1 pinch Coriander powder

1/4 cup Tamarind water

1 cup Water

Method

Add washed toor dal, finely chopped tomatoes (peeled and deseeded), finely cut onions, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt, cumin powder, tiny bit of chilly and coriander powder along with water to a pressure cooker and let it cook for 2 whistles.

Saute finely cut ladyfingers (bhindi /okra) with ghee in a frying pan till slightly brown.

Once the contents of cooker has cooled down, mash them finely, add the fried vegetable and tamarind water to it and bring to a boil.

Dal bhindi is ready to be served with few drops of ghee.

Note: Coarsely grind the fried bhindi before adding to cooker if baby is not yet ready to eat bigger solid pieces.