Any vegetable, when stir fried or deep fried, tastes awesome! (Forget about nutrition and calories, please!)
You can make the dull and boring Kovaikkai yummy when fried, and make it even more Tastier by adding the right curry powder masala.. The end product is crispy and tastes superb with Rasam Sadam.. (what else, huh?)
Ingredients :
Kovaikkai ( Ivy gourd) – slit, lengthwise.
Wash and cut Kovakkai, Smear little salt on it and keep it a colander which would drain off the excess water.
For the Curry Powder : This can be made in advance and stored for 2-3 weeks. This curry powder or podi can also be used for Ennai Kathirikai and all other Podi Curries. Dry roast all the below mentioned ingredients and make a semi-ground podi in the mixi.
Corainder seeds – 4 tsp
Long, dried red chillies – 10-15
Asafoetida – ½ tsp
Channa dal or Kadalai Parruppu – 2 tsp
Broken white urad dal – 2 tsp
Rice – 1 tsp
1. Fry the Kovakkai in hot oil in small quantities, finish the entire batch.
2. In a non-stick tava, add ½ tsp of oil to season mustard, urad dal, curry leaves, turmeric powder.
3. Toss in the fried vegetable, add required salt. If required, you can add a tweeny bit of sugar also.
4. The last part is to flavour the vegetable with our ground curry powder masala (2 -3 tsp)
The heavenly aroma of coriander seeds can turn any dish delectable! And now, enjoy the Kovakkai Fry!
