This is a simple and delicious relish to serve at Indian meals.

　　

Ingredients

serves 4

　　2 tablespoons olive or canola oil

　　1/4 teaspoon whole brown or yellow mustard seeds

　　12 medium-sized fresh okra, tops and tips removed and cut crossways into 1/3-inch slices

　　Salt

　　1 cup plain yogurt

　　1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste

　　

Step 1

Pour the oil into a small frying pan and set over medium-high heat. When hot, put in the mustard seeds. As soon as they start to pop, a matter of seconds, add the okra. Stir for a minute. Now turn the heat down to medium low. Stir and fry for 8–10 minutes or until the okra is lightly browned. Sprinkle 1/8 teaspoon salt over the okra, mix, and take the pan off the heat. Set aside.

　　

Step 2

Put the yogurt in a bowl. Whisk lightly with a fork until creamy. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and the cayenne. Stir to mix.

　　

Step 3

Just before eating, fold the entire contents of the frying pan into the yogurt.

　　Excerpted from At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka by Madhur Jaffrey. Copyright © 2010 by Random House. Excerpted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Buy the full book from Amazon.