In a bowl put the okra and add all the dry ingredients, salt, cumin, mango powder, fennel, coriander, red chili powder and besan (gram flour) mix it well. Add the water slowly okra should be nicely coated with spices but the mix should not be runny.
Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat, the frying pan should have about 1 inch of oil. Oil should be moderately hot when you put okra in oil it should float right away but not change color.
Put one okra at a time into the oil and fry till they are golden brown on both sides this should take about four minutes.
Take them out over a paper towel.
Serve the Okra over gravy; don’t mix it as you should pick up the okra with gravy.