Kovakkai Fry
Kovakkai Fry is a healthy side dish made by stir frying sliced kovakkai with spices & basic veggies. Kovakkai Fry is relished with rice meal and a healthy option for diabetic people. Kovakkai Fry Recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 2 cups kovakkai / tindora sliced thin
- 1/2 big onion finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander powder
- salt to taste
TO GRIND TO A PASTE:
- 1 big sized tomato chopped roughly
- 1/2 big onion roughly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
TO TEMPER:
- 3 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon urad dal
- a sprig curry leaves
Instructions
- Rinse tindora well, trim both the ends. Then slice it as fine as possible as shown in the pic, Set aside.
- Grind together onion tomato with fennel seeds to a fine paste, set aside.
- Heat oil in pan – add the items listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter then add onion and fry till slightly browned.
- Them add the tomato-onion paste along with spice powders and fry till raw smell of tomatoes leave.
- Then add the veggie and sauté and cook for 2mins until the masalas blend well with the veggie. Add required salt.
- Add water till immersing level and cook keeping it covered.
- Once it turns soft, let it cook for 3mins until the curry becomes dry. Switch off.
- Serve Kovakkai Curry with hot rice and any kuzhambu of your choice.
Notes
- You can add a pinch of garam masala for extra zing.
- Instead of big onion, you can even add small onion.
- Slice kovakkai thin so that it gets cooked evenly.
- Choose nice green kovakkai and not the ripe one.
Nutrition Facts
Kovakkai Fry
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 146
Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 0.03g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Sodium 1964mg85%
Potassium 343mg10%
Carbohydrates 14g5%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 303IU6%
Vitamin C 73mg88%
Calcium 113mg11%
Iron 5mg28%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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