Recipe - Bharwaan Tindora (Dondakaya kura/Kovakkai/ Kundru sabzi)
Ivy gourd or Little gourd stir fry
Summary
Tindora/little gourd has low glycemic index which is good for people who are diabetic, helps regulates blood glucose. It is high in beta-carotene. Thanks to Wikipedia, I leant, dondakaya is also known as gentleman's toes (compare lady's fingers/okra ). Source: Wikipedia.
Tindora/dondakaya is very popular vegetable in south India. Dondakaya can be eaten as a curry or chutney. I make stuffed tindora/dondakaya for small gatherings. I live in a multi cultural community. Dishes like stuffed tindora is like a delicacy, considering its look and presentation. If I am in a hurry I just chop tindora into vertical slices and add the spices on top of them and make it a stir-fry. Tastes almost the same but looks different :-)
Ingredients:
* Tindora - 45 - 50 pieces
Stuffing:
* Coconut - 2 tablespoons (optional)
* Chickpea flour/Besan - 3 tablespoons (roasted)
* Red chilli powder - 2 teaspoons
* Salt - 1 and 1/2 teaspoons
* Turmeric - 1/4 teaspoon
* Oil - 2 tablespoons
Process:
Wash and clean tindora, slit tindora veritcally, making four slits. Make sure one edge of the tindora is entact. Mix all the spices together with with 2 teaspoons of oil. Stuff tindora with the stuffing mix.
Preheat an open skillet with oil on medium heat, add the stuffed tindora's slowly to the pan in a single layer.
Cook/roast them well on all the sides on medium temperature, make sure not to cover the dish.
Preparation time 30 - 45 minutes (takes longer to stuff :-))
# Servings: 4 - 6
Tips:
From one of my readers: Thank you Jen!!
* To cook Kovaikkai/Tindora/Dondakaya faster with a little less use of oil, microwave the slit Kovaikkais about 20 of them (on a plate with a little bit of water) and then stuffed them and placed them in a single layer in little oil.
* The rest of the Kovaikkai slit vertically (To hasten the cooking process, cooked them in the microwave first and then followed the rest of your recipe, turns out awesome.
* To cut the stuffing process short, slice tindoras thin (10 minutes can be saved). Cutting tindoras is also a chore ;-)
Preheat oil in a skillet, add cumin seeds. Let them splutter add chopped tindora, turmeric. Let them cook for 10- 15 minutes.
Add red chilli powder, salt and chick pea flour, sautee till the desired crispness is aquaired.
Serve it hot with roti or rice.
Never had stuffed Tindora. Thanks a lot. I will sure try this recipeš³
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