Kovakkai Thuvaran | Kovakkai Thoran | Ivy Gourd / Tindora Fry
Kovakkai (Tindora / Ivy Gourd) is a versatile vegetable which we can use it to cooke different dishes. Kovakkai Thuvaran is one such simple dish. In this recipe we are adding ground coconut, Jeera mixture to the cooked Kovakkai. We don't add onion/garlic in this thoran.
Servings: 5 people
Calories: 105kcal
Equipment
- 1 Mixer Grinder
- 1 Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 500 grams Kovakkai (Tindora)
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1½ teaspoon Salt
For Grinding
- 2 tablespoon Grated Coconut
- 1 nos Red Chili
- ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
For Tempering
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Wash and finely chop kovakkai into thin slices. We can chop them as a thin rounds or also vertically slice them.
- Pressure cook the vegetable with turmeric powder allowing for 2 whistles. We can even cook the kovakkai in stove top, which consumes more time and fuel. So I always prefer to cook kovakkai in pressure cooker. That makes the process much quicker.
- Grind the grated coconut, red chilli, cumin seeds in a mixer without adding water. The ground spice mixture should be dry.
- Heat the oil in the pan, and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start to sputter, add the urad dhal and fry till it becomes golden brown color, then add broken curry leaves.
- Now add the cooked kovakkai along with salt. If there is any water in the cooked kovakkai, keep the flame in medium and let all the water gets evaporated.
- Next, add ground spice mixture to the pan and give a good toss so that kovakkai is nicely mixed with the spice mixture.
- Cook this thuvaram for couple of minutes and switch off the flame
- The yummy Kovakkai thuvaran is ready to serve
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 105g | Protein: 437g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 337mg | Potassium: 437mg