Okra: Joys of Patio Gardening

[beachbum]

My Okra is now producing, along with my curry leaves and chillies, all grown in tubs.
Felt like something vegan to start the day, so a quick fry up - took about 20 mins from garden to plate:

The Sri Lankan curry powder also contains my own ground dried red chillies and curry leaves. The jar is GGP I made and there's also black cardmoms which got cut off in my photo.
AArrgghh sorry about quality of first two shots, still trying to get to grips with "Paint.net" resizing 

[loveitspicy]

Looks like a good reason to dip a spoon in and start munching!

Whats your recipe for the Sri Lankan curry powder?

best, Rich

[beachbum]

Hi Rich

The recipes out there all seem to be quite consistent, which is reassuring  ;D

In my case, dry roast for about 10 mins on low heat, stirring constantly to avoid burning, until toasted brown.

2 TBS Coriander seeds
2 TBS Cumin seeds
1 TBS Turmeric Powder
20 fresh curry leaves (they dry out crispy in the pan)
1 TBS red chilli flakes
1/2 TBS fennel seeds
1/2 TBS fenugreek seeds
4 Cloves
2 sticks crumbled cinnamon bark (not hard or tough or cassia)
1/2 TBS black peppercorns
6 green cardmom pods smashed, remove husks before grinding

1 TBS raw rice toasted to golden then zapped to a powder

Allow to cool and whizz up in spice grinder. Smells awesome, I just use like a dry mix and do a heavily caramelised Onion Garlic Ginger "base" first when cooking the curry.