Wash and clean the okra and cut into small pieces as shown in the picture.

Cut the onion, ginger, green chilly and keep it ready.

Heat oil in a saute pan over medium high heat. The high heat is necessary to roast the okra well without any slime. Add the mustard seeds and pop them. Toss in the curry leaves and the sliced okra along with onion, ginger, green chilly and salt as required. Let the okra roast in the oil without being disturbed for a couple of minutes

Now add turmeric powder and gently move around the okra so both sides of the okra and all of the okra slices gets cooked well.

Once the okra starts browning a little around the edges and you no longer see strands of slime when you move the okra around or see very little of it, remove it from the flame.

This Vedakka Mezhukkupuratti is served as a side dish to rice along with any curries like Sambar, Parippu Curry / Kerala Dal or Pulisseri / Kerala Curry with Yogurt. You can also serve it as a side dish with rotis or chapatis as well.