Tag: Tindora

  • Gutti Dondakaya Vepudu – Stuffed Tindora – Stuffed Kovakkai

    Gutti Dondakaya Vepudu – Stuffed Tindora – Stuffed Kovakkai

    Gutti Dondakaya Vepudu – is a stir fry dish hailing from Andhra.. this simple dish made with Tindora / Ivy Gourd / Kovakkai -which are stuffed with special Andhra style spice blend (karam podi) The recipe is roughly based on the post shared by Sailusfood where you find mouthwatering authentic dishes from Andhra, thanks Sailu for…

  • Dondakaya Vepudu Recipe – Ivy Gourd Peanut Stir Fry – Andhra style Ivy gourd fry

    Dondakaya Vepudu Recipe – Ivy Gourd Peanut Stir Fry – Andhra style Ivy gourd fry

    I have always had a liking for Andhra style food ever since I landed here in USA, most of my friends from here are telugu, may be that influenced me a lot…. 🙂 they make these veg curries which often looks simple but taste super awesome, I don’t know what kind of magic happens but…

  • Kovakkai Fry Recipe – Tindora Stir Fry

    Kovakkai Fry Recipe – Tindora Stir Fry

    Description: Simple Tindora stir-fry with gram flour. Tindora / Ivy Gourd / Gherkin is the most infamous of all veggies, poor thing!  Somehow it has never been my favorite ,I usually hesitate to buy either considering it to be too boring or fearing the time involved in cutting. Like it takes forever!  Well I don’t…

  • Kovakkai curry

    Kovakkai curry

    A side dish for rotis

  • Kovakkai Milagu Eral Masala

    Kovakkai Milagu Eral Masala

    We, in our family circle have this flair for combining vegetables with non-veggies and get to taste something unusual atleast once a week. In one way, it was good, as we consumed the dish just for the smell and taste without even caring about the veggie. Here's one such interesting combination… Kovakkai cooked with shrimp…

  • Kovakkai Poricha Kootu

    Kovakkai Poricha Kootu

    Kootu is a semi solid curry made with lentil and vegetables. Poricha kootu is made with combination of Moong dal and vegetable of your choice flavoured with fresh grated coconut. Ivy Gourd     ~ EnglishKovakkai      ~ TamilKundru         ~ HindiDondakaya  ~ TeluguKoval          ~ MalayalamTondekayi   ~ KannadaTindora       ~ Gujarathi

  • Parwal Fry – Kambupudalai Varuval

    Parwal Fry – Kambupudalai Varuval

    Parwal / Parval is known as pointed gourd belonging to cucumber family, mostly cultivated in Northern part of India. Little oval veggie, slightly bigger than Tindora and taste similar to it. Good when deep fried, pan fried or even works great with gravy. Here is a simple pan fried version.

  • Kovakkai Masala

    Kovakkai Masala

    Here is a home style curry made with Kovakkai / Tindora / Dondakaya / Ivy gourd.

  • Tindora Fry

    Tindora Fry

    Kovakkai fry / Dondakaaya Vepudu / Ivy Gourd fry Small cute little veggie, belongs to the cucumber family and very popular in southern parts of India.