Monday, June 20, 2011

Kovakka / Ivy Gourd Thoran

Ingredients:
Kovakkai/Ivy Gourd – 1/4 kg
Onion (Medium size) – 1 no
Grated coconut -4 spoons
Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – for fry
1.Clean and cut the Ivy guard(Kovakkai) in to legth wise.
2.Mix the Kovakkai with Onion,Turmeric powder, Red chili powder and Salt.
3.Heat Oil in a pan.Add Mustard Seeds.When popped, reduce flame and add the Kovakkai.Cover the pan with a lid.
4.Once in a while open the lid and fry it to make sure that Kovakkai and  other ingredients is not burnt.
5.When the kovakkai is half cooked mix the coconut.
6.Do this till the Kovakkai is cooked.

17 comments:

Suja Manoj said...

Ethu vere thoran try chetitilla,looks delicious..will surely give this a try.

Preety said...

looks super delicious

Nitha said...

My fav.. kore aayi evde fresh kovakka kittiyittu..

Hari Chandana P said...

Simple and delicious.. looks awesome !!
Indian Cuisine

Unknown said...

Yum, simple and superb looking :)

Jaisy James said...

aha thoran adipoli

Sobha Shyam said...

delicious thoran..my fav..do drop at my space as time permits..

Unknown said...

Ente fav annu kovakka thoran..Kandittu thanne kothi varunnu..Adipoli click.

Indian Khana said...

Looks yum ....

Rekha shoban said...

ente fav annu...weekly once indakkum!!

Sarah Naveen said...

My favorite...love this with rice..yumm!!

Unknown said...

Adipoli thoran beena.. enteyum one of fav annu ithu..

divya said...

looks very tempting n yummy

Plateful said...

Love this crunchy munchy thoran with kuthari rice, fish curry and pappadam - YUM! Glad to have bumped into another blogger from UAE - which part of UAE are you in? Abu-Dhabi was my home for a long time until I moved to Qatar after marriage :)

JishasKitchen said...

kovakka thoran adipoli ayittundu...choorum kootti kazhikkan thonnunnuu..yum

Gita Jaishankar said...

Kovakka is one of my favorite veggies...your preparation looks very delicious...nice presenation :)

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

sounds hearty n delicious..:P
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