Dondakaya Annam ~ Tindora (Ivy Gourd) Rice
I made a simple and comforting rice dish featuring dondakaya as the star ingredient. Perfumed with whole garam masala, spiced with green chilies, sweetened with coconut, Dondakaya rice recipe is jazzed up with a squeeze of fresh lemon and brightened with fresh coriander.
Dondakaya Annam ~ Tindora (Ivy Gourd) Rice
Ingredients
19Instructions
- 1
Heat 1 1/2 tbsp oil+1/2 tbsp ghee in a cooking vessel, add the halved dondakayalu/tindora and saute on medium flame till well roasted, approx 15 mts.
- 2
Remove them onto a plate and keep aside.
- 3
In the same vessel, add the remaining oil. Add whole spices and bay leaf and saute for half a minute.
- 4
Add the sliced onions and saute for 6 mts.
- 5
Add the ginger garlic paste and crushed coriander-pudina-green chillis and saute for 3 mts.
- 6
Add the coconut paste and mix. Saute for 2 mts.
- 7
Add coriander pwd, cumin powder, tumeric pwd and red chili pwd and mix.
- 8
Add the sauteed dondakayalu and mix. Cook for 7-8 mts.
- 9
Add the cooked rice and salt to taste and mix. Place lid and cook on low flame for 2-3 mt. Add lemon juice and mix.
- 10
Turn off heat and remove onto a serving bowl. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
- 11
Serve warm with raita or any curry of your choice.
Chef's Tips
- —Vegans can omit ghee/clarified butter and use only oil.
- —If you do not have pudina on hand, omit it. But fresh coriander is essential for this recipe.
- —Tindora rice will taste good even without coconut paste.
- —Put the rice to boil and start the preparation process like slicing tindora, crushing green chilies, making coconut paste and slicing onions.
About This Recipe
Dondakaya aka Tindora/Tendli is available all round the year and is a regular in our kitchen. I made a simple and comforting rice dish featuring dondakaya as the star ingredient. The combination of dondakaya and fresh coconut is eternally comforting especially as a stir fry. Perfumed with whole garam masala, spiced with green chilies, sweetened with coconut, Dondakaya rice recipe is jazzed up with a squeeze of fresh lemon and brightened with fresh coriander. All you tindora haters, I encourage you to try Tindora rice which is sure to get your tastebuds dancing.
I served the Tindora rice with our favorite Aloo kurma, the recipe of which I will post soon. Its a slightly different version of the Aloo Kurma recipe I posted earlier.
