This is inspired by what a Konkani friend brought home one day. Although the dish looked a lot like Kerala Thoran, it tasted very different - sour, spicy and coriander-y. Some basic research online brought up so many recipes for it but I followed the one in Red Chillies.
Ingredients:
1.5 cups tindora / ivy gourd, cut into thin discs
1 tablespoon oil
¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
A few curry leaves
½ teaspoon grated jaggery / raw sugar
Dry Roast one after the other:
½ cup grated coconut
2 teaspoon coriander seeds / or just use 1tsp powder
1 teaspoon urad dal
3-4 dry red chillies
How I Made It:
1. Grind together the roasted ingredients with the jaggery, tamarind and salt. Do not add water.
2. Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When they pop, add the tindora pieces. Reduce flame and cook until the tindora is soft and lightly browned - about 5-10 mins. You can add a pinch of turmeric to this if you wish.
3. Next, add the ground masala to the tindora and mix well. Throw in the curry leaves and cook until they come together - another 5 mins. Adjust salt.
Serve warm with rice and any non-coconut based curry.
Nitha
Thats a yummy one.. Love the recipe
myspicykitchen
Tendli sukke looks delicious! I once tasted tendli at a konkani family, actually she is a konkani and her husband is a telugu, it was yummy... All her 2 year old daughter wanted eat was tendli, just tendli without rice. I didn't ask her how she prepared it though
Anonymous
But in mangalore they dont make it such thin discs.I think they cut it in a different way.
PJ
I am not a huge fan of Tindora but I guess I will make this when I get back home for the holidays.Looks yum!
Prathibha
Nice stir fry...quite different from d regular one...yes even I thought the same abt that bowl..like I hv seen at some1's place...hmmm
Divya Vikram
Beautifully sliced. Looks delicious..
sangeeta
I must try this ASAP .... i love this vegetable we call kundru here and make many versions but this one looks great . Will let you know.
radhika
i am gonna prepare this for today's lunch
Nags
the bowl is from Ikea 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
Not a big fan of this veggie...but urs look very fresh n tempting...Luv the bowl...but vaguely remember have seen this bowl somewhere else too,guess in RC's site 🙂 Evenly chopped and looks so gud.