Kovakkai Poriyal/Ivy Gourd Fry
Kovakkai Poriyal/Ivy Gourd Fry

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, kovakkai poriyal/ivy gourd fry. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Welcome to Indolanka Food Channel, today recipe is Kovakkaai Poriyal, which is very healthy and tasty. Do try this recipe and give your valuable comments. Kovakkai poriyal recipe with step by step pics.

Kovakkai Poriyal/Ivy Gourd Fry is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Kovakkai Poriyal/Ivy Gourd Fry is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook kovakkai poriyal/ivy gourd fry using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Kovakkai Poriyal/Ivy Gourd Fry:
  1. Prepare 1/2 kg Kovakkai/ Ivy Gourd
  2. Prepare 2 tsp Oil
  3. Prepare 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
  4. Make ready 1 Medium Size Onion chopped
  5. Get Curry leaves few
  6. Get 1 Dry Red Chillies broken
  7. Take 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  8. Take 1 tsp Sambar powder
  9. Prepare Salt-as per your taste
  10. Prepare Water-as required

We used to have this vegetable once in two weeks without fail for its goodness. This stir fry is very basic. Kovakkai fry or poriyal/ tindora fry is a simple of all tindora recipes and easy to prepare. Learn how to make kovakkai fry with full video.

Instructions to make Kovakkai Poriyal/Ivy Gourd Fry:
  1. Wash and cut the Kovakkai/ Ivy Gourd into thin round slices.
  2. In a kadai, add oil. Once oil gets heat, add mustard seeds. Let it splutter.
  3. Add onions, curry leaves and dry red chilli. Saute till onions becomes translucent.
  4. Add turmeric powder. Saute for a minute.
  5. Then add the sliced Kovakkai/ ivy gourd, sambar powder and salt. Saute well.
  6. Add required water. Cover with a lid and cook till Kovakkai/ ivy gourd gets cooked.
  7. Now it's ready to serve. Serve as a Sidedish for your lunch.

Heat kadai/frying pan with oil and temper with the mustard, cumin, curry leaves. Add onion, if adding, to it and fry till golden brown. Kovakkai is a very popular and common vegetable prepared in all most all the houses in South India. It is very versatile vegetable with which you can make different varieties of dishes like stuffed tindora, tindora biryani etc. But its not going to be very tasty and you might need a Gelusil or Tums later.

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