kovaikai poriyal (kovaikai fry) (ivy gourd fry) (dondakaya fry)

      

                       The botanical name of Ivy gourd is Coccinia Grandis. It is an tropican plant comes under the pumpkin family. Its an aggressive climbing plant. Ivy gourd has various medicinal qualities, juice of Ivy gourd roots and leaves used for diabetes treatment.It is used in internal treatment of gonorrhea. It is good source of several micro nutrients including vitamin A and C. it also controls the blood sugar level. This receipe is very simple and healthy.


Ingredients:

• Ivy gourd ( kovaikai) (250g) (chopped)
• 1 Onion finely chopped
• 1 Tomato finely chopped
• 1tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1tbsp mustard seeds
• curry leaves
• 3tbsp vegetable oil.
• coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 1 tbsp coriander powder
• a pinch of turmeric powder
• salt as per taste

Procedure for preparation


Step 1:  keep the pan on the stove, pour 2tbsp of vegetable oil, add mustard seeds, following that add ginger garlic paste and fry it for one minute, then add chopped onion and fry it for 5 minutes and add chopped tomato and fry it, until its merge together.

Step 2:  Add Ivy gourd (kovaikai), in the pan and fry for 6 to 7 minutes, then add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt in the pan, fry it for few minutes. Then pour little water for the Ivy gourd to get cook, close the pan with lid and keep it medium flame.

Step 3:  Ivy gourd has to be stirred for every 4 to 5 minutes, until it gets cooked. Normally Ivy gourd take 20 to 25 minutes to get cooked.

Step 4:  Once it gets cooked, Ivy gourd should absorb all the water and look dry. then you can garnish it with coriander leaves and start serving.

It is good combition for curd rice, sambar rice.