Receta Tindora Rice (Kovakkai Saadham)

by mahimaa

Tindora Rice (Kovakkai Saadham)

Ingredients:

• Tindora/Ivy Gourd/Kovakkai sliced - 1 cup
• Potato - 1 chopped
• Onion - 1/2 cup thinly sliced
• Raw/Sona Masuri Rice - 1/2 cup uncooked
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper - 3/4 to 1 tsp
• Hing - 1/4 tsp
• Oil - 5 tsp

Curry leaves - a few

Method:

Cook rice in 1 1/4 cup water and set aside.

Heat oil in a wide pan. Add jeera. When it crackles, add hing, curry leaves and onion.

When onion turns golden brown, add sliced tindora.

Fry for 5 minutes.

Now add chopped potatoes, sprinkle salt and cover the pan with a lid.

When the veggies are almost cooked, open the lid and fry for 5 minutes until they turn crispy.

Add cooked rice and ground pepper. Toss everything together without mashing the rice.

Serve with pappad or raitha.