Ingredients :Chopped Ivy gourd / Tindora : 1 cupToor Dal : ½ cup
Tomato : 1 big sized
Onion : 1 big sized
Green Chillies : 3
Dried Red chilli : 1
Garlic Cloves : 3
Mustard Seeds : ½ tsp
Urad Dal : ½ tsp
Chana Dal : ½ tsp
Tamarind : Gooseberry size ball
Turmeric Powder : ⅛ tsp
Hing : ⅛ tsp
Curry Leaves : 1 sprig
Salt to taste
Oil : 2 tsp
Method :
Put the toor dal, tindora, chopped tomato, chopped onion, tamarind, green chillies and a cup of water in a pressure cooker and cook till 3 whistles. Turn off the flame and wait until the pressure go off. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a vessel. Add the mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal and let them splutter. Add the garlic cloves, red chilli and curry leaves to it and fry for a few seconds. Now add the dal mixture, salt, red chilli powder and turmeric to it and cook for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame and serve hot with roti or steamed rice, dollop of ghee and some papads.
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Other Names: Tindora Dal, Tondekai Thove, Donda kaaya Pappu.
Really superb. Till now I used to prepare only dry curry using tindora. Now this recipe is also added.
Cheers,
Uma
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Yum, wonderful flavors! They sound delicious:)
Comfort with steamed rice…delicious…
Dal looks so yum
Wow that bowl of kovaikai with dal looks yummy dear..thank for visiting my space..following u:) hope u will the same:D
nice and delicious.
Looks good ! Simple and tasty too.