Lady's finger (Okra) in coconut milk

I find lady's finger a very soothing vegetable and kind to the stomach. As a child I used to love this preparation of okra in coconut milk. Lady's finger is low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. It is a good source of Protein, Riboflavin, Niacin, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Calcium, Magnesium and Manganese.

Ingredients

10 lady's fingers longitudinally slit ad cut into one inch long pieces

1 small onion cut

A few curry leaves

1 green chilli

Salt to taste

1 tbsp coconut oil

½ tsp mustard seeds

1 cup coconut milk

Instruction

-          Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. When they splutter, add the cut onion. Don’t wait for it to brown, within a minute add the curry leaves, green chilli and the lady's finger pieces.

-          Let it cook on medium flame, stirring occasionally.

-          Reduce the flame to low, add the coconut milk and salt. Stir and remove from fire.

-          Serve with steamed rice