SIMPLE KOVAKKAI KARI-TINDORA STIR FRY

               In our family,both my mom side and my MIL side,I have never seen them cooking kovakkai,don’t know the reason though!!But when I tasted for the first time in a friend’s place I liked it…tasted nice and sounded so simple as well!! Even My friend S has a different recipe from this,but I will share that in another post..

Tindora / Kovakkai

Though this recipe somany blogs have ,i wanted to keep a record of what I did,so I am posting this!

Ingredients:

Kovakkai/Tindora 20-25 nos.
Onion 1 medium sized,chopped
Sambhar powder 2 tsp
Turmeric 1/4 tsp
Salt & water As needed

Temper With:

Mustard 3/4 tsp
Jeera 1 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig
Oil 2-3 tsp

Method:

  1. Clean and slice the kovakkai to thin circles.
  2. Heat kadai/frying pan with oil and temper with the tempering items.
  3. Add onion to it and fry till golden brown.
  4. Add kovakkai,sambar powder,turmeric and salt.
  5. Mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes.
  6. Then sprinkle water and mix and cook covered till soft and changes colour.
    before it gets cooked After cooked,colour changes
  7. Take care not to burn the kovakkai.
  8. Serve as accompaniment for rice or take it with roties!!

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