Easiest Way to Winter To Try At Home Kovakkai Poriyal / Tindora Fry / Ivygourd sabji

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Kovakkai Poriyal / Tindora Fry / Ivygourd sabji. Kovakkai fry recipe with step by step photos. A simple and easy home style Dondakaya fry best served as a side dish with chapatis or with curd rice and dal-rice. Kovakkai fry also goes well in tiffin box paired with some soft phulkas or rotis.

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You can cook Kovakkai Poriyal / Tindora Fry / Ivygourd sabji using 10 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kovakkai Poriyal / Tindora Fry / Ivygourd sabji

  1. You need 8 of Ivygourd.

  2. You need 1 of Onion - medium chopped.

  3. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Turmeric powder.

  4. It’s 1/2 tsp of Kashmiri chili powder.

  5. You need of Salt - as needed.

  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Mustard.

  7. It’s 1/2 tsp of Urad dal.

  8. You need 6 - 7 of Curry leaves.

  9. It’s 2 tbsps of Oil.

  10. You need of dal Roasted gram (pottukaai) - 2 tsps.

Kovakkai poriyal is a simple ivy gourd stir fry recipe.

Ivy gourd is also known as little gourd or tindora and is rich in beta carotene.

It is known to regulate blood sugar levels and is sometimes recommended for diabetic patients.

This easy stir fry dish can be served with steamed rice or chapatis.

Kovakkai Poriyal / Tindora Fry / Ivygourd sabji step by step

  1. Wash and slice ivygourd into thin round slices. The thinner it is, the faster it cooks.

  2. Chop onion finely. Powder the roasted gram dal and keep it aside..

  3. Heat a thick bottomed pan. Add 1 tbsp oil.

  4. When the oil is heated, add mustard and wait for it to splutter.

  5. Add urad dal and curry leaves. Let the dal turn light brown.

  6. Add onions and saute till it turns transparent.

  7. Add sliced ivygourd and saute for 2 minutes.

  8. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Mix well.

  9. Add 1/4 cup of water. Reduce the flame to low.

  10. Cover and cook for 20-25 minutes. Open every 5 minutes and mix well.

  11. When the ivygourd slices are cooked well and shrinks in size, add the powdered roasted gram dal and 1 tbsp oil.

  12. Increase the flame to medium and mix thoroughly for 2 min. The powdered dal will turn to light brown. Switch off.

  13. Serve hot with sambhar rice or rasam rice..

It goes very well with sambar rice and rasam.

The Kovakkai Poriyal Recipe is a classic South Indian vegetable that you can serve for your everyday meals.

Kovakkai is also known as Dondakkai or Tinda or Tindora or Tendley.

At home we simply love the taste and flavors of this vegetable when it is just steamed and then tossed in a seasoning that has only mustard, curry leaves, salt and coconut.

Tindora Sabzi - Dondakaya fry - kovakkai stir fry - thondekai palya Dondakaya Vepudu(IvyGourd curry) is a popular Andra recipe made with Dondakaya(tindora) and some spices and peanuts.