To begin making Vendakkai Uppadan Recipe (Kerala Style Okra Curry Without Coconut), soak the lemon sized tamarind in luke warm water in a bowl for 10 minutes and extract the juice out of it and keep aside.In the meantime, heat a Shallow Fry Pan, and dry roast the ingredients listed under �dry roast and ground to a course mix� till fragrant.Grind them to a course mix using a Mixer grinder, and keep aside.Now, heat oil in the shallow fry pan on a medium flame, add the mustard seeds and let it crackle.Add the asafoetida and curry leaves and allow it to crackle.Now, add the cut okra and saut� for a few minutes until the sliminess disappears.Add the tamarind extract and a cup of water, turmeric powder, salt and let the okras cook with the lid closed. This will take around 3-4 minutes.Now, add the spice mix and let it simmer for other 2-3 minutes. Cook until the curry turns thick�considerably.Switch off the flame and serve the Vendakkai Uppadan Recipe (Kerala Style Okra Curry) �with�Steamed rice,�Snake Gourd Thoran Recipe (Turai Thoran)�and�Paruppu Podi�for a weeknight dinner.