Kovaikai / Tindora Fry

A simple Tindora fry which goes well with sambar and curd rice.  

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Ingredients
Tender Tindora / Kovaikai – 15
Shallot onions – 10 chopped
Tomato – 1 or tomato paste – 2 tsps
Ginger garlic paste – 1tsp
Chilly powder – 1 tsp
Tamarind paste – 1/8 tsp
Coconut – 2 tsps
Salt

Method

1. Cut the tindora into small pieces.
2. Heat little oil and fry the chopped onion till brown and add the chopped tomato or tomato paste , ginger garlic paste and fry till the tomato is well cooked.
3. Add Chilly powder and tamarind paste fry for two more mins and add the chopped tindora , salt and cook well. (cook till the tindora is well cooked and all the water evaporates)
4. Finally add the grated coconut and mix it well and serve with curd rice or sambar rice.

8 Responses to “Kovaikai / Tindora Fry”

  1. asha Says:

    I just saw another Tindora fry! I wish I could get some,you are all tempting me too much!;D
    Looks great Jas.

    Hi Asha, try this. It was nice.
    thanks
    -JJ

  2. Sharmi Says:

    Hi Jas !! all my favorite tamil recipes. I love kovakai. I am basically from CBE and love to have traditional tamil food.
    will comeback for more!!
    sharmi

    Hi Sharmi, nice to see you here. I always like traditional food. So I decided to save my recipes here.
    Thanks and do visit often
    -JJ

  3. Richa Says:

    looks great and the color is soooo good.
    so you have to cook the veg in tamarind right? does it take long to cook?
    thanks for this variation in tindora

    Richa, I used the frozen tindora and It didnt take a long time to cook. (I dont know about the fresh tindora)
    I didnt add much water or tamarind juice, instead I fried it. (I used a little tamarind paste)
    thanks
    -JJ

  4. Hema Says:

    Love kovakkai with roti or rice. YUM!

    Thanks
    -JJ

  5. soumya Says:

    hoo…now this looks lovely.Might really taste good……lovely color too

    Hi Soumya, yes it tastes little diff. from regular dish.
    thanks
    -JJ

  6. padma Says:

    the dish looks so colourful and tempting going to try it out right away thank you for the recipe!

    Hi Padma do try it and let me know ur result.
    BTW thank you so much for visiting.
    thanks
    -JJ

  7. purlycues Says:

    HI
    I tried this recipe and it tasted very good.TFS.

  8. Kamala Says:

    simple and colourful recipe. traditional foods have their own taste


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